Caring for an ill patient affected with HIV Discussion 2022

Running head: CARING FOR AN ILL PATIENT, AFFECTED WITH HIV
Caring for an ill patient affected with HIV
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CARING FOR AN ILL PATIENT, AFFECTED WITH HIV1
HIV is a virus that affects the immune system of an individual and is responsible for
AIDS disease. Alteration of the immune system increases the risk of other infections.
However the modern advancements in the medical history have allowed the people affected
with the virus accessible to good healthcare and proper treatment. The reason why this blood
borne disease have been chose is because a person living with this virus, can resume their
high quality life with just proper care and self-awareness.
The dichotomy in the interpersonal relationships account for the conflict between the
private and the public opinions and beliefs. The public opinion regarding HIV AIDS include
the national efforts to prevent and treat the disease (Polonsky et al., 2015). The personal
concern regarding eradication of the virus affected disease, have increased in the recent years
as they have become aware of the causes and the consequences of the blood-borne disease.
However, there still exists a conflict within the public as well as private opinions. According
to Brody et al., (2016), thirty years after the HIV/AIDS epidemic disease, there have been
governmental rules and regulations indeed, but people still continue to express the discomfort
at the idea of interacting with the doctors and even the common unaffected people treat the
victims as minorities. On one hand they are aware of the consequences of the blood borne
disease but on the other hand, they are not comfortable working with someone who is HIV
infected. This can be reconciled using the self-awareness technique which helps in the
personal growth of the individual. For a nurse client relationship, the nurse’s performance in
the treatment of the patients, the most important therapeutic tool is self-awareness. In order to
improve the nurse’s practise, the incorporation of the Johari Window is very essential. The
four quadrants of the Johari Window of self-awareness needs to be rectified (Luft and
Ingham, 1961). The more wide the open quadrant is, the more a person will be self-aware.
The hidden quadrant must be decreased by improving the interaction among people and by
knowing to accept feedbacks. Having information about the self, people and nurses can