All levels of nursing management, including health promotion and maintenance, acute interventions, and chronic/home management are included to prepare clinicians for appropriate interventions at any stage of illness. The importance of clinicial guidelines, increased patient education, and management of pharmacological reactions and complications are integrated throughout the text.

Table of Contents:
HIV Immunopathogenisis Natural History of HIV infection Immune system response to HIV infection CDC classification of HIV/AIDS: clinical applications Primary HIV infection Chronic HIV infection Common questions ask by patients Clinical application of immunological and virological markers in HIV- 1 infection Immunological markers in HIV infection Virological markers in HIV Common questions asked by patients Ambulatory nursing care of the client with HIV/AIDS Risk Assessment, identification and HIV counseling Guidelines for initiation of anti-retroviral therapy Clients in clinical trials: referral and follow-up Immunizations in HIV care Tuberculosis screening Aerosolized Pentam: Nursing administration, monitoring Gynecological and cervical disorders and therapeutics in women with HIV/AIDS Common questions asked by patients Acute care nursing of the client with HIV/AIDS Fever of unknown origin- work-up and therapeutic interventions Common fluid and electrolyte imbalances in the hospitalized HIV client Living wills, health care proxies, and Do not resuscitate Common questions asked by patients Community nursing care of the client with HIV/AIDS Home care visitation: Nursing assessment and interventions High tech home care Clients on direct observational therapy (DOT) Complementary therapies in HIV care Supporting the client and family in Hospice care Common questions asked by patients Disease specific HIV care Kaposi's Sarcoma Lymphomas in HIV Pneumocystis carinii Cryptosporidium Microsporidium Toxoplasma gondii Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Mycobacterium tuberculosis Candida Albicans Cryptococcus neoforms Herpes Simplex Herpes Zoster Cytomegalorvirus Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy Oral Hairy Leukoplakia AIDS Dementia Other opportunistic infections Common questions asked by patients Special topics in HIV/AIDS Dermatological care of the HIV client HIV/AIDS nutritional management Children with HIV/AIDS The pregnant HIV client Peripheral neuropathies Health care worker harm reduction in HIV care Common questions asked by patients Appendices Diagnostic cues to client symptoms HIV drug-drug interactions Table of sexually transmitted disease HIV - AIDS color medication section References and Bibliography Glossary Index