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Sexual health / edited by Kathy French.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Essential clinical skills for nurses.
- Essential clinical skills for nurses
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gynecologic nursing.
- Sexual health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (242 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, U.K. ; Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Sexual health is a prominent public health issue and nurses are often the first point of contact for people wanting treatment for, or advice about, sexual health. This practical guide for newly qualified student nurses and pre-registration nursing students is based around the RCN's core sexual health competencies and outlines the skills needed to deliver optimum care for clients. Sexual Health explores a range of issues, including sexually transmitted infections, teenage pregnancy, contraception, abortion, legal and ethical issues, sexual assault and rape, and the role of the nurs
- Contents:
- Introduction to sexual health
- Health promotion
- Sexually acquired infections
- HIV/AIDS
- Contraception including emergency contraception
- Abortion
- Consent and confidentiality
- Sexual assault : managing disclosures of abuse
- Teenage pregnancy
- Female genital mutilation
- Cervical screening and HPV vaccines.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes Web resources.
- ISBN:
- 9786612379697
- 6612379693
- 9781282379695
- 1282379690
- 9781444322569
- 1444322567
- 9781444322576
- 1444322575
- OCLC:
- 502012893
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