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Sexual health nurses are employed to work in a range of practice settings and with diverse population groups. Sexual and reproductive health care is considered a human right and social justice issue (Simmonds et al., 2017; World Health Organization, 2011). Work settings include dedicated sexual health clinics, family planning services, community health centres, women’s health services, correctional services, general practices and tertiary education settings. The scope of practice varies between settings within and across states and territories. Some practice settings may be gender-specific but in general, sexual health nurses work with people of any gender and diverse sexualities. As there is a lack of consistency in role expectation, this chapter explores a range of activities that may be undertaken by sexual health nurses.
Sexual health nurses are employed to work in a range of practice settings and with diverse population groups. Sexual and reproductive health care is considered a human right and social justice issue (Simmonds et al., 2017; World Health Organization, 2011). Work settings include dedicated sexual health clinics, family planning services, community health centres, women’s health services, correctional services, general practices and tertiary education settings. The scope of practice varies between settings within and across states and territories. Some practice settings may be gender-specific but in general, sexual health nurses work with people of any gender and diverse sexualities. As there is a lack of consistency in role expectation, this chapter explores a range of activities that may be undertaken by sexual health nurses.
Reproductive rights remain one of the most important issues for different kinds and different phases of women's movements, but they do not exhaust the ethical concerns of moral philosophers concerned about women's position, any more than they do the range of concerns proper to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG). The RCOG should lobby for a lower breast cancer screening age and for genetic testing enabling a more targeted approach, while opposing the growing commercialisation of genetic testing, and oppose genetic patents that particularly affect women, for example patents on the BRCA1, BRCA2 and HER2 genes. The RCOG should back a safe sex campaign and more funding for sexual health clinics aimed at women over reproductive age. It is neither patronising nor paternalistic for the RCOG to use its specialist knowledge, legitimacy and clout to prevent the 'lady from vanishing'.
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