Those who have will, those who haven't won't: caring for HIV-positive patients

Nurses' willingness to care for HIV-positive patients continues to be an issue since the inception of the HIV pandemic. This descriptive correlational study found that while nurses' fear of contagion has decreased their willingness to care has not increased in the same proportion. Furthermore, while formal education demonstrated no impact on the willingness of nurses to care for HIV-positive patients, provisions of hands-on care was significantly correlated with willingness to care for HIV-positive patients.