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AIDS/HIV Nurses:
Geneviève Clavreul, RN, Ph.D., President & CEO, Solutions Outside the Box:"She brings over forty years of management consulting experience to the Solutions Outside the Box team. Her expertise is management with a focus on healthcare, nursing, and HIV/AIDS. She is also a well-known HIV/AIDS and healthcare activist, using her own resources to speak out on issues of significance to women, people living with HIV/AIDS, and patient advocacy."
Solutions Outside the Box
PO Box 867
Pasadena, CA 91102-0867
Office Number: (626) 844-7812
Office Fax: (626) 844-7813
http://www.solutionsoutsidethebox.net
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Baraka Dimson, BSN, New York City Nursing Agencies, Nurse-Owned Businesses:"Staff Nurse Inc. is a staffing agency for nursing homes in the state of New York. We staff nursing homes with qualified licensed practical nurses and registered professional nurses. Our rates are extremely competitive and we offer on-going staff development for our nurses. In addition to this we have a department that offers 5 weeks NCLEX review class for repeat NCLEX test takers only. We offer them the support they need and review in a small and intimate classroom environment. Our NCLEX review classes are so good, if after taking it the graduate nurse is still not successful, we allow him or her to continue taking our review classes up to 1 year until they pass the NCLEX and obtain their license.
312-316 East 149th street
Bronx New York Zip Code: 10452
Phone number: 718-772-6663
Fax number: 718-293-3980
http://www.nursingentre-dimson
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RichardFerri.com:"Welcome to RichardFerri.com! The goal of this site is to give you information on the real needs of HIV positive people and their medical care. I am an AIDS specialist who is also HIV positive. So my view on living with HIV is more than just lessons learned from a textbook or a clinical exam. I live with this virus and know how it can make you feel.
One of the areas that I am impassioned about is symptom management. Most clinicians do not know how to treat the ongoing symptoms of HIV disease. Many shy away from pain and symptom management because it is too difficult. I welcome treating people's symptoms and getting them back on the road to health."
rick@richardferri.com
Crossroads Medical
269 Chatham Road, Harwich, MA 02645
http://www.richardferri.com/
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Karen Mercereau, RN, RN Patient Advocates, PLLC:"For over 7 years, we at RN Patient Advocates have worked independently with patients to assist them in finding the best healthcare and treatment outcomes possible. Do you have a medical crisis? Wonder what doctors might best help you? Have a mystery illness that no one can diagnose? Have several doctors who don’t speak to each other? Wonder what all of your medications actually do for you?
Experienced clinical RNs are a treasure trove of information and, working as independent RN Patient Advocates, can stand by your side through your illness: asking the healthcare questions you don’t know how to ask, teaching you what is really going on in your body, researching and teaching you the full range of treatment options, guiding you through the maze of the healthcare system so it can best serve you."
Karen Mercereau, RN
RN Patient Advocates, PLLC
3400 West Goret Road
P.O. Box 87968
Tucson, AZ 85754-7968
(520) 743-7008
http://patientadvocates.com/
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Category:
AIDS & HIV Nurses,
Arizona Nurse Entrepreneurs,
Arizona Nurses,
Home Health, Home Care Nurses,
Hospice, End of Life Care,
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Nurses,
Nursing Entrepreneurs, Nurse-Owned Businesses,
Patient Advocate, Advocacy
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Canadian Association of Nurses in AIDS Care:"The Canadian Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (CANAC) is a national professional nursing organization committed to fostering excellence in HIV/AIDS nursing, promoting the health, rights and dignity of persons affected by HIV/AIDS and to preventing the spread of HIV infection.
CANAC's members hail from all regions of Canada working in clinical practice, education, research and/or administration. We have a proud history of working in collaboration with other nursing organizations and with the international HIV/AIDS community. Volunteerism and solidarity with those affected by HIV/AIDS are the heart and soul of our organization."
Canadian Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (CANAC)
Jennifer Shaw
Executive Assistant, CANAC/ACIIS
P.O. Box 93
Pontypool, ON Canada L0A 1K0
Telephone : N/A
General Email: info@canac.org
http://www.canac.org/
Category: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and HIV, Canadian Nursing Associations, Healthcare Organizations, Infectious Diseases, Viral & Bacterial, Nursing Associations
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HIV/AIDS Nursing Certification Board, HANCB:"HANCB has developed protocols for re-certification requirements to ensure ACRNs have continued to maintain competence and/or expand their HIV/AIDS knowledge base within the four (4) year certification/re-certification period. There are two (2) ways a nurse may re-certify as an ACRN. The first is by re-examination. The second is by continuing education credits. Re-certification protocols will be reviewed by the Re-Certification Committee at least once a year to determine if the requirements are complete and meet the goals of maintaining competence and/or enhancing HIV/AIDS nursing practice."
http://www.anacnet.org/certification/hancb/recertification.htm
Nursing Certification, Recertification, Getting Certified, Why Certify, http://www.nursefriendly.com/certification/
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Issue Brief: AIDS Drug Assistance Programs: Protease Inhibitor Therapy.
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Nineteen Percent Drop in AIDS Deaths Attributed to New Drugs and Better Care: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. deaths from AIDS fell from about 37,900 in the first nine months of 1995 to about 30,700 during the same period in 1996.
http://www.phrma.org/facts/phfacts/7_97a.html
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AIDS: Facts, Fiction, How to Prevent It
http://gbgm-umc.org/CAM/aidsinfo.html
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AIDS Knowledge
Base: Comprehensive Resource
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/akb/1994/index.html
AIDS Virtual Library:
http://planetq.com/aidsvl/index.html
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The Body: An AIDS and HIV Information Resource
http://www.thebody.com/index.shtml
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Children With AIDS Project of America:
http://aidskids.org/
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"Don't Shut Me Out...": A documentary exploring the issues that HIV+ parents struggle with when disclosing their HIV status to their children. The tape presents first-person accounts of the conflicts of four parents who have not yet disclosed, relates the stories of four families who have spoken openly about the parent's HIV status and offers the opinions of an expert in the field.
http://www.aidsnyc.org/shut.html
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Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS
Foundation: The leading U.S. national non-profit organization dedicated
to identifying, funding and conducting basic pediatric HIV/AIDS research.
http://www.pedaids.org/
The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network:
http://gbgm-umc.org/programs/hiv/aids.html
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Nightsweats & T-cells:
http://www.nightsweats.com/
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NOAH: AIDS and HIV Resources:
http://noah.cuny.edu/aids/aidsrsrc.html
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Nursing
Management of the Adult with Advanced HIV Disease: Inpatient Care
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/akb/1994/4-14/index.html
The Well Project:"The Well Project is an initiative conceived, developed, and administered by HIV+ women and those who are affected by this disease. Our Founder, Dawn Averitt Bridge, was diagnosed with HIV in 1988. Our editorial team consists of several of the most prominent writers and editors on HIV disease and women. Our National Advisory Board reflects the population we serve with more than 60 percent women of color and more than 25 percent HIV+ women."
The Well Project
PO Box 8101
Charlottesville, VA 22906
Phone: (434) 293-2955
E-mail: info@thewellproject.org
http://www.thewellproject.org/
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Discrimination:
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Termination of CNA Upheld When Care to Resident with AIDS Refused:"The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania recently ruled in favor of a nursing home in a case filed by a certified nursing aide who was fired after he refused to provide care for certain residents. Prior to the assignment, the CNA was assigned to geriatric residents. Upon his transfer, the CNA refused to provide care for three patients on the unit who were infected with the AIDS virus."
http://www.nursinghome.org/members_only/legalledger/lldocuments/ll27.htm
Newsletters:
The DIRT (on AIDS), Direct Information on
Research and Treatment:"is the electronic newsletter of the AIDS Research Information Center. The DIRT is targeted at AIDS service providers and informed and empowered People Living with HIV. In The DIRT, we publish information that helps People with HIV, and those who care for them, to more fully understand and deal with the HIV disease process. ARIC's information is always carefully checked for medical accuracy and our articles are chosen expressly for clarity, precision, and ease of understanding. Each issue generally adheres to a single current topic or group of topics in AIDS medical care. The DIRT also provides extensive coverage of FDA AIDS drug approvals and the latest AIDS research news. The DIRT is published quarterly (4x/year), with supplementary or double issues produced occasionally.
http://www.critpath.org/aric/dirtmain.htm
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Pennsylvania Resources:
ACT UP Philadelphia: AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power
http://www.critpath.org/actup/
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ActionAIDS: Philadelphia's largest AIDS service organization, is in partnership with people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS, and works to sustain and enhance quality of life.
http://www.critpath.org/actionaids/
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The Pills Identification Test: A Tool to Assess Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy, Journal of the American Medical Association:"To the Editor: Adherence to antiretroviral (ARV) treatment among patients with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection is a key issue in controlling viral replication1 and preventing progression to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) or death.2 Assessment of adherence by prescribers often results in overestimating the patient's level of adherence.3 Therefore, simple and reliable tools to independently assess adherence are needed."
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/285/4/412
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