Sexual Health: A Nurse's Guide (Real Nursing)

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This is a clear sign that the NHS is taking its responsibility towards protecting its staff seriously, with clear guidance of what should be happening within individual trusts to help support survivors. Our successful candidate will have a keen interest in the area of Sexual Health and enthusiasm to learn. The participants criticised their curricula that reflected a conservative stance and did not prepare them to provide adequate sexual healthcare. Similar complaints have been reported in the literature, asserting the need to reinforce a practice-based education that strengthens knowledge and skills [ 18, 43].

https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/enhanced-clinical-practitioner-v1-0 The primary investigator, MA, conducted all the fieldwork. She recruited the participants and conducted two focus groups of six and five participants respectively. This took place between 2016 and 2017. In addition to her skills and self-confidence in qualitative interviewing, she is a midwife and has many years of clinical experience. She is familiar with the topic and shares with the participants the same language. Moreover, she is aware of the specificity of the Lebanese healthcare system and the limitations regarding sexual health practice. During the recruitment process, MA provided nurses and midwives participants with information about the study objectives, their voluntary participation and the confidentiality of data. She gave them time to thoroughly read the consent form and answer their queries before signing it. This first encounter was an occasion to establish a trustful and comfortable relationship with the participants and get easily engaged in the group discussions. As part of the major new action, every NHS trust and local health system in England will also have a domestic abuse and sexual violence lead to support patients and staff to report incidents and access support.

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This codified charter commits all participating organisations to vigilance of inappropriate behaviour and will ensure that the safety of our staff is a top priority across the NHS”. https://weds.heiw.wales/assets/Uploads/35f7cc70ad/NLIAH-Advanced-Practice-Framework.pdf The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) Integrated Sexual Health and HIV Specialty Training Curriculum 2019 (revised 2021) Lorraine is a Trustee of the Sexual Advice Association and involved as an advisor and lecturer for Prostate Cancer UK. She regularly contributes to the Macmillan Online Community ‘Ask an Expert’ forum. She is a member of the British and International Societies of Sexual Medicine and College of Sex and Relationship Therapists. History of previous STIs and participation in National Chlamydia Screening Programme – to assist with risk assessment

Advanced Clinical Practice is underpinned by a master’s level award (minimum PGDip), independent non-medical prescribing, and advanced assessment skills, supplemented with advanced professional qualifications in integrated sexual health and HIV. Consultant clinical practice Missing the personal and contextual support to provide sexual healthcare, nurses and midwives use different coping strategies to escape their embarrassment. For example, they might delegate this role to other midwives or physicians, avoid discussing the topic, or make a joke of patients' sexual concerns rather than responding to their needs. Eroglu N, Yuntem A. Determination of factors affecting sexual life changes in women with breast cancer. Int J Caring Sci. 2019;12(2):783. Five themes illustrated the participants’ views and experiences. These are: ‘Perceptions of sexuality’, ‘Appreciating the discussion around the individuals' sexual issues’, ‘Muting the discussion around the individuals’ sexual issues, ‘Coping with embarrassment’, and ‘Promoting nurses’ and midwives’ roles sexual healthcare’. Nurses and midwives discussed the importance of sexuality in the couple's life. They reported controversial views and highlighted many challenges that make them reluctant in playing an efficient role in sexual healthcare. They discussed many suggestions, mainly getting a solid sexual health education to become better equipped to meet patients’ sexual health needs. Conclusion Hough M, Shepherd M, Chauhan R, Powell R, Childs J. Exploring NursEs lived experience of discussions about sexual health, with kidney patients in Devon (NEEDS). Nurs Open. 2018;5(3):442.I would like to ask for your support for this important work within your organisation and as part of a collective across your systems and the NHS. This is a clear priority for both NHS staff and patients. I am therefore asking Chief Executives of ICBs and trusts to: In July 2022 NHS England established a Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (DASV) Programme to build on our robust safeguarding processes for protecting patients, improve victim support, and focus on early intervention and prevention. Amanda Pritchard has now asked me to act as the Executive sponsor for the programme on a day to day basis, and to expand its scope to support and enhance the NHS’s response to domestic abuse and sexual violence associated with NHS services and/or premises, whether experienced by patients, staff or visitors. The British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASH 2013) UK national guidelines for consultations requiring sexual history taking. bashh.org/documents/Sexual%20History%20Guidelines%202013%20final.pdf.(accessed10 June 2016). Your role in primary care will influence the type of consultation you are able to perform. For example, as a school nurse you may be restricted to certain times and environments. Practice nurses may be able to incorporate opportunistic discussions. Time and resources may be a potential barrier, although sexual health discussion should always be seen as a core component of any consultation and education and training needs should be discussed at your appraisal.