Sjuksköterskans arbete med sexuell hälsa i vården, en litteraturöversikt

Sammanfattning: Background: On behalf of the National Board of Health, WHO and ICN code of ethics for nurses; are nurses responsible to provide holistic care to their patients. This includes sexual health. Previous studies have revealed serious shortcomings at this point both out in clinical practice but also in nursing training. Therefore, it is of interest to see which recommendations that is available for the nurse to work with sexual health. Aim: To describe recommendations for the nurse's work on sexual health – based on personcentered care. Method: A general literature review with inductive approach of data collection has been used from the databases Cinahl and PubMed. A total of 13 science articles were elected. Results: Three maincathegories was identified for the work of the nurse: basic recommendations, specific recommendations linked to the disease state and models for assessment and intervention. Conclusion: Sexual health is central to human well-being and quality of life. It is important that the work of nurse with sexual health is based on well-functioning principles and models, such as described in this literature review.