Risk Factors:
Scope:
Populations:
-adolescents
-low-income individuals
Biophysical factors
Psychosocial factors
Sociodemographic factors
Environmental factors
Not Pregnant ---------------------- Pregnant
(By choice/Not by choice)
(Unplanned/
Planned)
Definition: Reproduction
-
“The process by which
organisms produce
offspring.”
Assessment Data:
Primary/Secondary Prevention:
Primary Prevention-
Parenting classes
Sexual education (STI’s,
abstinence, contraception)
Methods of contraception
Secondary Prevention-
-
CBC, blood type and Rh,
rubella titer, Pap smear,
glucose, STI testing
Emotional health of mother
Screen for domestic
violence/abuse
HistorySexual, contraceptive, pregnancy,
STIs, family
Exam- Vital signs, weight gain, BP,
fetal heart rate, edema
Diagnostic testsPregnancy test, Rh factor, STI,
amniocentesis (if needed), glucose
tests
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Risk Factors:
Scope:
Sexual Well-Being
Sexual Function
Sexual Ill-Being
Sexual Dysfunction
Populations- Adolescents
- Disabilities (cognitive,
developmental, physical)
- Newly unpartnered
- Sexual orientation and
identification
Individual risk
- High risk behaviors
- Underlying medical
conditions/medications
Definition: Sexuality
“A central aspect of being human
throughout life encompasses sex,
gender identities and roles, sexual
orientation, eroticism, pleasure,
intimacy and reproduction.”
Assessment Data:
Primary/Secondary Prevention:
Primary Prevention- Contraception, safe sex practices,
healthy relationships, abstinence,
HPV vaccine
Secondary Prevention-Screening for STIs
- Pap smear
-Screening for intimate partner
violence
History –
-
Partners, practices,
protection, past history of
infection, prevention of
pregnancy, menstrual cycle
Exam – Clinical findings – blood, pain,
distention. External genitalia and
internal structures, pelvic exam
(female). Genitalia, testes, prostate
(male). Collect specimens.
Tests – Pap smear, STI tests, PSA tests
References:
Giddens, J. F. (2021). Concepts for Nursing Practice (3rd ed.). St. Louis, MI: Elsevier.