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Catarina Esteves Santos

RN

Hospital De Cascais Dr. José De Almeida, Portugal

Biography

Since 2005, Catarina has been working in Cascais in the HIV Unit clinic of Cascais Hospital.

She has authored and co-authored several scientific documents, trainered and lecturered in various courses and events in the area of Nursing and HIV in adults, aging with HIV, and Paediatrics - including for the Portuguese Council of Nurses. She has also, on several occasions, consulted for the Pharmaceutical Industry.

Since 2007, Catarina has held the position of Commissary for the European HIV Nursing Networking (EHNN and has brought together a group of expert nurses in HIV healthcare to standardise and value the nursing role. Since 2018, she has been integrated onto the executive board of the Portuguese Association for the Study of AIDS.

RELATED COURSES

CME Series | Holistic HIV Care: Nursing and Pharmacy Perspectives
HIV
HIV
60 min
Catarina Esteves Santos, Nadia Naous, Clarence Soliman, Julio Morais

CME Series | Holistic HIV Care: Nursing and Pharmacy Perspectives

This module is designed for nurses, pharmacists, and other HIV healthcare professionals committed to optimizing care and treatment outcomes for people living with HIV. Through a multidisciplinary lens, it explores how collaborative practice, community engagement, and evidence-based guidelines can enhance the delivery of empathic, person-centred HIV care.

What Will Set You Apart?​

After following this educational series, participants will be able to:

  • Explain the pharmacist’s role in supporting community-based uptake of long-acting injectables (LAIs)
  • Identify strategies nurses can use to enhance community support for LAIs
  • Apply evidence-based nursing guidance to support cognitive and emotional health in older adults living with HIV

Is This Program for You?

The program is aimed at nurses and pharmacists in the management and treatment of people living with HIV, medical doctors and researchers, healthcare workers, pharmacologists, post-doctoral researchers, students, and other healthcare professionals involved in treating people living with HIV.

What Will You Cover in This Module?

  • Multidisciplinary Team in HIV Care
  • The Pharmacist’s Role in LAI Uptake In the Community
  • Community Support for LAI: The Nurse’s Role
  • Cognitive and Emotional Health in Aging with HIV