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AnteayerEvidence-Based Nursing

Enabling student nurses to meet the sexual health needs of young people: the perspective of a specialist community public health nurse

Por: Baker · R.

Commentary on: Russell JL, Chen HC, Jensen FB, Nichols ND. Nursing students' perceived attitudes toward addressing sexual health in their future profession: A longitudinal quantitative study. Nurse Educ Today. 2023 Nov;130:105953. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2023.105953. Epub 2023 Aug 25.

Implications for practice and research

  • Nursing students have positive attitudes towards addressing sexual health in future practice and this should co-inside with educational opportunities to enable the development of competence and confidence.

  • Further research is required to establish the learning gaps between educational opportunities available to nursing students and that of sexual health-related competence within nursing practice.

  • Context

    Sexual health can be defined as one’s physical, emotional, mental and social well-being.1 Nurses often support and adopt a holistic approach to patient care, yet in practice, overlook a person’s sexual health.2 Both nationally and globally, disparities in sexual health are prevalent, even more so...

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