'Lansley must listen to nurses on the front line' Sexual Health Nursing
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Practice
Travel risk assessment and risk management
Tailored advice given during travel health consultations can help people to make informed choices about risk-management strategies.
Using LARC to avoid unplanned pregnancy
Women need access to information about methods of birth control. Nurses can extend choice by improving knowledge of long-acting reversible contraception
Education to increase sexual health screening
A sexual health outreach team found that combining educational sessions with testing increased uptake of screening among young people
Broaching sexual health issues with patients
Sexual health problems are a public health issue. Nurses are often reluctant to discuss this topic with patients so advice is given on how to approach the subject
Decisions about sex for people with learning disabilities
People with learning disabilities are often victims of sexual abuse. Nurses need to assess their ability to consent and help them understand the consequences of sexual contact
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Stamping out stigma in HIV
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Diagnosing and treating HIV infection
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Pregnancy and social difficulties
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Raising awareness of the risk of sexually transmitted infection among overseas travellers
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What causes domestic abuse and how can nurses effectively support abused women?
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Sex education for children with learning disabilities: rolling out a national resource
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Exploring the evidence on strategies to reduce teenage pregnancy rates
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How taking on a mothering role can lead to less effective care and advocacy for patients
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Setting up a sexual health one-stop-shop for young people at college
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Health promotion in sexual health 2: nurses’ role in engaging with clients
News
Multiple abortion data revealed
Terminations were given to three teenage girls in England and Wales who had previously had at least seven pregnancies terminated, latest figures reveal.
IUDs 'more effective' emergency contraception than morning after pill
Intrauterine devices (IUDs) provide a more effective method of contraception than the “morning after pill” and should be routinely used instead of it, according to experts.
Vaginal ring and skin patch contraception linked to blood clot risk
Women who use a vaginal ring or skin patch as contraceptive methods are at around double the risk of a blood clot compared to those who take the second generation of contraceptive pills, according to a large-scale study.
Induced birth 'reduces risk of infant death'
Researchers have suggested that babies who are induced have less risk of dying.
Gay men 'need better health care'
Health services need to improve the standard of care offered to gay and bisexual men, according to a survey.
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Medics 'offered genital mutilation'
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Nurses pilot pioneering rape forensic service
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Pregnancy dieting 'risk to children'
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RCN updates position on emergency contraception
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Syphilis test kits 'gave false results', say HPA
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Faulty genes linked to women's cancer survival
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Combined contraceptive pill could alleivate painful periods
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Phone app launched in bid to cut teenage pregnancies
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Sexual health nurses should discuss alcohol with teenagers
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Alcohol use linked to unprotected sex
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Opinion
"School nurses need the tools to meet government vision"
Despite school nurses’ remarkable contribution to the health of young people, we are facing a shortage of these vital practitioners - and increasing demands for their services.
'We are getting more skilled at the whole portfolio of sexual health and contraception'
Julie Raine is proud of the nurses who lead combined sexual and contraceptive services.
Behind the Headlines
'A glance may show if someone is gay'
The Daily Telegraph boldly and erroneously reported that “women really do have a ‘gaydar’ which allows them to tell someone’s sexuality ‘in the blink of an eye’”, while the Sun informs us that “most people have a ‘gaydar’”.
People 'needlessly avoid sex after heart attacks'
Thousands of heart attack survivors are too worried to have sex because they fear it will trigger another attack, the Daily Mail has reported.
