This training is targeted for the 500 nurses working with the incarcerated population at the L.A. County Jail. The training is the AETC response to a needs assessment conducted at the L.A. County Jail in conjunction with the L.A. County Incarcerated HIV/AIDS Task Force and the Pacific AETC at USC. L.A. County Jail is one of the largest jails in the world, with an incarcerated population of 21,000 and an average of 700 new inmate admissions daily. (Note: other training for medical providers will also be provided by the AETC at USC, with jail physicians participating in the clinical training program, as well as with on-site education and training programs.)

The training for nurses will consist of bi-monthly training programs conducted on site at the jail. Faculty for this program will be registered nurses or nurse practitioners who serve as faculty for the AETC at USC and who are actively providing care to HIV/AIDS patients at clinics serving large numbers of HIV infected patients. Training focuses on knowledge building on the following topics:

1. HIV/AIDS Overview/Definition of terms
2. Epidemiology
3. Incarcerated Prevalence/statistics and challenges
4. Medications: Classes, dosing, combinations, side effects
5. Opportunistic Infections: PCP, Toxoplasmosis, Histoplasmosis, CMV, Cryptoplasmosis
6. Nutrition