title: Sexuality: a challenge for nursing practice.
abstract: Nursing has made significant progress towards individualised, holistic patient care. Yet caring for patients who have concerns about sexuality and body image remains a challenge, despite considerable literature on the subject. This article explores reasons for this and suggests learning exercises to enable nurses to examine their own attitudes to body image and sexuality.
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D012752:Shame