Serodiscordance in care for people with HIV/AIDS: implications for nurses

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the scientific production about sexual practice in serodiscordant couples and highlight the implications for nursing practice. Method: This is an integrative review conducted in the databases of the Virtual Health Library, Lilacs, SciELO, Pubmed, CINAHL, and selected 12 articles that met the inclusion criteria, published from 2009 to 2014. Results: Most articles were published in 2011 and 2013 nurses in magazines Notebook Public Health Issues in Psychology and Journal of School Nursing USP; being a prevalent descriptor, marriage. The publications were grouped into two themes: Sexual practices after HIV diagnosis; serodiscordance and the emotional and sexual lives of HIV/AIDS: implications for nurses. Conclusions: Nursing actions guided sexual orientation contribute to improving the quality of life of serodiscordant.