Patient satisfaction with outpatient human immunodeficiency virus care as delivered by nurse practitioners and physicians.

Primary care of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) presents major challenges for the nurse practitioner. HIV disease is a chronic illness requiring frequent visits to the primary care provider and a treatment regimen that is complex and often poses difficulty in patient adherence. A patient satisfaction survey designed to include aspects of care specific to HIV was given to HIV-positive individuals presenting for care at an urban medical teaching clinic.

Finding meaning in caring for elderly relatives: loss and personal growth.

The literature on family caregiving has focused primarily on caregiver burden and demographic characteristics of caregiver groups. Little has been written about the existential aspects of caring for an aging relative. The article focuses on the meaning of the experience as expressed by family caregivers to elderly relatives and the role this meaning plays in enabling the family member to remain in the caregiving role.