Attitudes and beliefs of nursing students toward sexual healthcare: A descriptive study

Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the attitudes and beliefs of the nursing students toward sexual healthcare and the obstacles they encounter.

Methods: This descriptive study included 475 nursing students.

Findings: The total Sexual Attitude and Belief Survey score was associated with many characteristics such as nursing year, mothers' educational status; talking about sexuality, receiving sexual health education, the status of clinical sexual health evaluation; having difficulty in providing sexual healthcare to the opposite sex, feeling shy about providing sexual healthcare (p < 0.05).

Practice implications: The result of this study showed that nursing students have negative beliefs and attitudes toward sexual healthcare.

Keywords: attitudes and beliefs; nursing students; sexual healthcare; sexuality.