The study focused on the development and evaluation of an AIDS Education Program, which was intended for Taiwanese nurses providing care-giving services to AIDS patients. It was found in the assessment that their experiences of taking care of AIDS/HIV infected patients are mostly very short, which was often less than one month due to the fact that they considered it as risky work. As a result, their willingness to do the job was observed to be fairly low.
Furthermore, the services from the hospital, such as counseling, assistance that can be provided to patients with AIDS/HIV are usually not enough. The nurses wished that the hospital provided a complete AIDS/HIV Education Program for them to offer proper services to their patients. Although the nurses have the willingness to learn some related knowledge and skills. These reasons have hindered the motivation of the nurses to learn this program of persons with AIDS/HIV. The results show that the willingness in caring for persons with AIDS/HIV infection is rising. The awareness for group support was also observed. At the same time, the stigma for AIDS/HIV also decreased and they do not consider giving services to this special population as risky work anymore
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