本研究以問卷調查法，針對某醫學中心傳染科病房與一非傳染科病房護理人員，探討其對愛滋病/HIV感染相關之知識、態度、採取保護措施行為，及其相關因素。
研究結果發現: 1.傳染科病房護理人員對愛滋病/HIV感染相關知識暸解較多、態度較正向、且採取保護措施行為較徹底。2.其他影響因素為:曾參加研習會者知識得分較高;未婚、有照顧經驗、曾參與研習會、病房提供物品較充足、人格特質之「責任性」、「謹慎」、及「獨創性思考」百分位數較高者，其態度較趨正向;曾參與訓練課程、病房提供物品較充足、及人格特質之「情緒穩定」百分位數較高者，其採取保護措施行為較徹底。
為提高護理人員照顧愛滋病患/HIV帶原者的能力，並降低被感染危機，提出下列建議:1.加強在職教育，方式以研習會與訓練課程為主，且彈性排班以利參與。2.病房單位內公佈近期專業書刊上相關文章及定期讀書會。3.每個單位皆提供充足之採取保護措施所需物品。4.依據護理人員人格特質，安排至適當之單位工作，或給與適當之輔導。

This study was conductedto investigate the differences between nurses from an infection and a non - infention unit in AIDS/HIV - related knowledge, attitudes, and practices of precautions (K.A.P.), and to study the poten-tial factors that affected these nurses' K.A.P. Data was collected by using a questionnaire which was made available to 38 anonymous, voluntary nurses from an infection unit and a non - infection unit in a medical center selected by purposive and random sampling.
Results of this study showed that in general nuses from the infection unit got significantly higher scores on knowledge, had more positive attitudes, and took better care of precautions practice in AIDS/HIV than those from non-infection unit. Nurses who had participated in AIDS/HIV workshops obtained higher AIDS/HIV knowledge scores. Those nurses who were single, from the unit which provided protective equipment more adequately, had ex-periences in taking care of AIDS/HIV( + ) patients, had participated in AIDS/HIV workshops, and had higher per-centile in "Responsibility", "Cautiousness", and "Original thinking" on Gordon Personal Inventory displayed more positive attitudes pertaining to AIDS/HIV; nurses who had been to training programs, were from the unit which provided protective equipment more adequately, and had higher precentile in "Emotional stability" applied precautions in practice more appropriately.
For increasing nurses' capability of taking care of AIDS/HIV ( + ) patients, and to protect nurses from HIV infection, (1) workshops and training programs should be offered primarily as continuing education, and the shifts must be scheduled flexibly for nurses to get more chance to participate; (2) copies of current professional journal arti-des should be promulgated in the units and unit-based lectures should be given regularly; (3)units should provide protective equipment handily; and (4) new staff should be assigred to suitable units accordiing to their character or personality, or provided counseling if necessary.