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The Incidence Of Individual Sexually Based Counseling By School Nurses In An Urban School System, Tiffany Dunlap
The Incidence Of Individual Sexually Based Counseling By School Nurses In An Urban School System, Tiffany Dunlap
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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 …