TY - JOUR
T1 - Baccalaureate nursing students' application of social-cognitive sexual counseling for cardiovascular patients
T2 - A web-based educational intervention
AU - Steinke, Elaine E.
AU - Barnason, Susan
AU - Mosack, Victoria
AU - Hill, Twyla J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - 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 6 weeks 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.
AB - 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 6 weeks 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.
KW - Baccalaureate nursing education
KW - Cardiovascular diseases
KW - Online learning
KW - Sexual counseling
KW - Sexuality
KW - Social cognitive theory
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nedt.2016.05.015
DO - 10.1016/j.nedt.2016.05.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 27429328
AN - SCOPUS:84973502623
SN - 0260-6917
VL - 44
SP - 43
EP - 50
JO - Nurse Education Today
JF - Nurse Education Today
ER -