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Baccalaureate nursing students' application of social-cognitive sexual counseling for cardiovascular patients: A
Elaine E Steinke1, Susan Barnason2, Victoria Mosack1
1School of Nursing, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260-0041, United States.
Background:
A gap in knowledge and practice exists for sexual counseling of cardiovascular patients, and innovative approaches are needed to address patients' sexual quality of life.
Aim:
To evaluate a web-based social-cognitive intervention for evidence-based sexual counseling by baccalaureate nursing students with cardiovascular patients.
Methods:
A pre- post-test survey design was used: pre-test (T1), immediate post-test after intervention (T2), and at 4 to 6weeks post-intervention (T3). Data were collected using the Survey of Sexuality Related Nursing Practices -Cardiac version (SSRNP-CV). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and t-tests.
Results:
From T1 to T2, students (N=95) significantly increased their responsibility and confidence in sexual counseling; from T1 to T3 (N=57), students significantly improved sexual counseling for confidence and practice subscales, total SSRNP score, and cardiac-specific subscales of sexual counseling, sexual activity, and gender.
Conclusion:
This study clearly demonstrated that a web-based social-cognitive sexual counseling intervention was effective in improving students' ability to provide evidence-based sexual counseling of cardiovascular patients.
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