Patients, peers and volunteers
Shaun WatsonClinical Nurse Specialist (HIV Community) Welcome to the bumper 2016 summer issue of HIV Nursing. In this issue we have focused upon the one thing that makes us nurses: patients. Withou…
Peer support in HIV care
Garry BroughPositively UK While very much an upcoming health support strategy, peer support has been a mainstay of HIV care since the initial days of the epidemic, over 30 years ago. Faced with a c…
Take Control, Learn and Connect: weekend workshops for people recently diagnosed with HIV
Marc Thompson1 and Jim Fielder21National Coordinator, Project 100, Positively UK; 2Gay Men’s Support Worker, Positively UK For many people, receiving an HIV diagnosis is a worrying and confusing …
Resourcing peer support volunteers in HIV prevention and sexual wellbeing: NHS settings
David Stuart56 Dean Street (Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust) Nursing staff in sexual health and HIV settings may find themselves busier than ever before, as HIV diagnoses am…
Rewriting the Patient Champion: a report on creative innovations in patient empowerment
Patrick Cash1 and Laurie Poole21Patient Champion at 56 Dean Street; 2Let’s Talk About Gay Sex & Drugs – Researcher Patient Champion is a rather grandiose title for a role that aims to empow…
An evaluation of Living Well’s Life Coaching programme: the clients’ perspective
Janice ConstanceLondon Metropolitan University AbstractBackground and purpose: LivingWell is a community interest company that focuses on the development and delivery of innovative health services….
Self-awareness and HIV nursing
Michelle Croston1 and Kirsten Jack21North Manchester General Hospital; 2Manchester Metropolitan University Patients with HIV often present to services with complex and challenging psychosocial issu…
Book review: Living Confidently with HIV: A Self-help Book for People Living with HIV
Michelle CrostonSpecialist Nurse, North Manchester GeneralHospital In the 2016 revised edition of Living confidently with HIV: A Self-help Book for People Living with HIV the authors Shaw, Tacconel…
How to write a case study for HIV Nursing
Shaun WatsonClinical Nurse Specialist (HIV Community) Case studies are a lived experience and something that can be used for reflection and learning for other nurses. We all have funny/scary anecdo…
Abstracts for the 18th NHIVNA Annual Conference
ABSTRACTS For the 18th NHIVNA Annual Conference held at Manchester Conference Centre, 29 June–1 July 2016 Download PDF…
Tough times for HIV services
Tough times for HIV services: innovation and collaboration in the era of austerity Wednesday 19 October 2016 NCVO, London. Download PDF…