Penyakit HIV/AIDS merupakan salah satu penyakit menular dan berbahaya. Jumlah penderita HIV/AIDS setiap tahun bertambah. Kurangnya kesadaran pelaksanaan standar pencegahan umum menyebabkan resiko penularan HIV/AIDS pada perawat. Perawat masih ada yang menunjukkan sikap diskriminasi terhadap pasien HIV/AIDS. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui gambaran pengetahuan dan sikap perawat terhadap pasien HIV/AIDS. Metodologi penelitian ini adalah deskriptif sederhana, menggunakan teknik proporsional sampling terhadap 106 responden. Alat ukur yang digunakan berupa kuesioner yang telah melewati tahap uji validitas dan reliabilitas. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 66% responden memiliki pengetahuan sedang; 30,2% tinggi dan 3,8% rendah. Sementara hasil sikap perawat terhadap HIV/AIDS 52,8 % responden menunjukkan sikap kurang baik dan 47,2% bersikap baik.

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HIV/AIDS is one of contagious and dangerous diseases nowdays. The number of people with HIV/AIDS has increased every year. Lack of awareness of the implamentation of standard precaution lead to the risk of transmission of HIV/AIDS on nurses. Patient with HIV/AIDS were still receiving discrimination from health worker. The purpose of this study was to describe the knowledge and attitude of nurses towards patients with HIV/AIDS.

The methodology of this study is descriptive, by using proportional sampling on 106 respondents. The instument of this study used questionnaires that has passed validity and reliability test.

The results showed that 66% of respondents had moderete knowledge; 30, 2% had high and 3.8 % had low. Where the result of nurses attitude toward patient with HIV/AIDS showed 52,8% respondent had unfavorable attitude and 47,2% respondent showed favorable attitude.