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.
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.
Sexual health can be defined as one’s physical, emotional, mental and social well-being.