HIV task sharing between nurses and physicians in Nigeria: Examining the correlates of nurse self-efficacy and job satisfaction

A global shortfall of 12.9 million health care workers has been predicted to occur in the next 2 decades. Task sharing between physicians and nurses, a method used to help compensate for provider shortages, was shown to improve access to antiretroviral therapy in Africa, but led to nurses performing beyond their scopes of practice. We surveyed 508 nurses in task-shifted roles in Nigeria. Respondents (n = 399) provided information on age, years in practice, gender, registration status, employment site, and access to task-sharing training and mentoring.
Source: Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research