Title
The Incidence of Individual Sexually Based Counseling by School Nurses in an Urban School System
Date of Award
2011
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
Committee Chair
Rebecca Beck-Little
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the incidence of individual counseling on sexual issues by school nurses in a large, urban, public school system in the Southeastern United States (U.S). Utilizing a descriptive, non-experimental method for the study, a secondary data analysis was conducted by the researcher using information self-reported by 117 school nurses regarding individual counseling of students in grades kindergarten through twelve on sexual topics. The topics included in the study were pregnancy, puberty/reproductive health and sexual abuse. There was a relationship established between grade level and rate of individual counseling. School nurses in the school system studied provided the majority of individual sexually based counseling to students at the high school level. Puberty/reproductive health was the topic most frequently discussed by the school nurses during individual counseling.
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Citation Information
Dunlap, Tiffany, "The Incidence of Individual Sexually Based Counseling by School Nurses in an Urban School System" (2011). Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects. 154.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/nursing_etd/154
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