Nurses’ perceptions of providing psychosexual care for women undergoing gynaecological cancer treatment

Gynaecological cancer presents challenges to women’s sexuality. Using qualitative description, interviews were analysed gaining insight into how seventeen Western Australian nurses conceptualise provision of psychosexual care for women undergoing gynaecological cancer treatment. Five themes and nine...

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Main Author: Williams, Natalie Fleur
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74924
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description Gynaecological cancer presents challenges to women’s sexuality. Using qualitative description, interviews were analysed gaining insight into how seventeen Western Australian nurses conceptualise provision of psychosexual care for women undergoing gynaecological cancer treatment. Five themes and nine subthemes were revealed and views differed around whether factors had a positive or negative impact on care. Nurse-patient rapport, making assumptions and role clarification were discussed. Recommendations include standardised psychosexual assessment, shared responsibility of care, and skills-based education programs.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-749242019-02-25T06:21:16Z Nurses’ perceptions of providing psychosexual care for women undergoing gynaecological cancer treatment Williams, Natalie Fleur Gynaecological cancer presents challenges to women’s sexuality. Using qualitative description, interviews were analysed gaining insight into how seventeen Western Australian nurses conceptualise provision of psychosexual care for women undergoing gynaecological cancer treatment. Five themes and nine subthemes were revealed and views differed around whether factors had a positive or negative impact on care. Nurse-patient rapport, making assumptions and role clarification were discussed. Recommendations include standardised psychosexual assessment, shared responsibility of care, and skills-based education programs. 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74924 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Williams, Natalie Fleur
Nurses’ perceptions of providing psychosexual care for women undergoing gynaecological cancer treatment
title Nurses’ perceptions of providing psychosexual care for women undergoing gynaecological cancer treatment
title_full Nurses’ perceptions of providing psychosexual care for women undergoing gynaecological cancer treatment
title_fullStr Nurses’ perceptions of providing psychosexual care for women undergoing gynaecological cancer treatment
title_full_unstemmed Nurses’ perceptions of providing psychosexual care for women undergoing gynaecological cancer treatment
title_short Nurses’ perceptions of providing psychosexual care for women undergoing gynaecological cancer treatment
title_sort nurses’ perceptions of providing psychosexual care for women undergoing gynaecological cancer treatment
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74924