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Patient perspectives on the role of nurses in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis care (PrEP-RN).

Lauren OrserPatrick O'ByrneDave Holmes
Published in: PloS one (2023)
These findings were examined to understand the effect of patients' perceptions of nurses on nursing practice. Despite patients' confidence in nurses' ability to provide PrEP care, the expectations they placed onto nurses to address the totality of their needs created competing demands for nurses to be both a leader in HIV prevention care-and fulfill the image of the caring, healthcare 'hero', which created feelings of moral distress among nurses. As increasing initiatives focus on task-shifting of healthcare roles to nurses, understanding the patients' perspective is essential in maintaining effective nurse-patient relationships.
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