title: Sexual assessment: research and clinical.
abstract: It has been well documented that most patients do not volunteer information about sexual problems, and that health care providers should incorporate at least a brief sexual assessment into routine health histories and medical evaluations. While not every nurse can be a sexual counselor, listening to concerns of patient and family, presenting factual information in a nonthreatening manner, managing noncomplex disease and treatment related symptoms, and providing appropriate referrals can be easily incorporated into routine care.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Colorado at Denver, Aurora, C288-18, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA. Linda.krebs@uchsc.edu
authors.forename: Linda U
authors.initials: LU
authors.lastname: Krebs
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012731:Sex Counseling / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing