OVERVIEW

HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders (HAND): Nursing Considerations 2024 is organized by RnCeus Interactive.

Course Expiration: This course will be reviewed, revised or retired on or before 5/10/2024

Course Overview:
This course concerns managing cognitive, behavioral and motor disorders in HIV/AIDS. It will address these three issues by first emphasizing HIV's neurocognitive pathology, how it affects cognitive and motor effects of HIV and strategies for managing these effects. Please see Objectives for a more specific list of this course's goals.

Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
• Describe how HIV enters the central nervous system (CNS).
• Identify three HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND)
• Identify the diagnostic requirements of HAND.
• Review symptoms of HIV related cognitive impairment.
• List five interventions for managing motor and behavioral changes.
• Describe strategies to manage challenging behaviors exhibited by persons with cognitive impairment.

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.