Can A Nurse Be Hiv Pos

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HIV POS TERMINATED DUE TO POS URINE

Does a fortune 500 company have the right to terminate an HIV employee due to testing positive for marijuana use? Thank you....

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Worldwide Benefits for Fox, Inc.

I need more information but depending on the state and the job, the answer could be yes.... Read more »

Accidental Unprotected Sex With Pos BF Can i please have an answer????

I have recently become involved with an HIV positive man, and i am trying to be open minded we went... Read more »

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CMV prevention for newly pos. NICU RN

Thank you so much for being such a great source for questions! I'm a 29 y/o male and have... Read more »

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Canadian Nurses Association to Help South African Nurses Cope With Stress of Caring for HIV/AIDS Patients

The Canadian Nurses Association has launched a four-year, $2.27 million program to help South African nurses deal with the "extreme" levels of stress, anxiety and unhappiness they feel in caring for HIV/AIDS patients, Toronto's Globe and Mail ... Read more »

Nurse-Monitored ART Found to Be as Safe, Effective as Therapy Monitored by Doctors in South African Trial

"HIV drugs can be administered as effectively by nurses as by doctors, a finding that could yield major benefits in the fight against AIDS in Africa," according to a study published online Wednesday in the Lancet , Agence France-Presse reports. ... Read more »

I Ride Because I Can -- A Pos Ped Perspective

I ride because I can. I ride for those who cannot. I ride because too many won't. This is a common sentiment among AIDS Ride Positive Pedelers, or Pos Peds. We are a group of riders who come together from all walks of life and choose to participate... Read more »

Lambda Legal Files Federal Discrimination Complaint On Behalf of Stroke Victim Who Was Denied Care by Six Louisiana Nursing Homes Because He Has HIV

Dallas -- Arguing that six Louisiana nursing homes violated federal law by refusing to care for a stroke victim because he also has HIV, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund will file a federal discrimination complaint against the homes today. A... Read more »

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HIV pos female looking to make genuine pos buddies

Posted by Ria, 3 Replies

Hi. Being detected with HIV kind of makes you feel lonely in a strange way, even though you still have the same family, the same friends around you, the same colleagues, everything....
I am here, not to get rid of the loneliness, but to be helped ... Read more »

Negative after Pos Raip

Posted by Guest8923, 2 Replies

I took a mouth swab at a HIV clinic and it read Preliminary pos, so my doctor took a confirmation test and that was negative. Is it normal to still have worries that there is HIV in my body. I have been in a comitted relationship since the summer... Read more »

Lying about being HIV pos

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I would like some discussion on lying about being HIV pos. I really think this is an ethical delimma. I guess I am going to ask the forbiden question. Has anyone, knowing full well they are HIV pos, engaged in unprotective sex? Or, when asked... Read more »

HIV pos 17 years

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

hello out there ~ just wanted to share my good news! with someone ~ anyone .... I have been hiv positive 17 years this Feb 3, 2003. I just got my latest lab results back and my CD4 count is at 770 and undetectable I truly am surviving HIV .. as... Read more »

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