ArticleJournal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education2020
Fex-Talk: a Short Educational Intervention Intended to Enhance Nurses' Readiness to Discuss Fertility and Sexuality with Cancer Patients.
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Abstract
Sexual and reproductive health is known to generally be insufficiently addressed by health care personnel working in cancer care. We hence developed a short educational intervention, Fex-Talk, to overcome the barriers to communicate about sexuality and fertility. The present study sought to evaluate the Fex-Talk intervention, which aims to enhance nurses' readiness to discuss fertility and sexuality issues with cancer patients. The educational intervention involves a single session with an optional follow-up session, and it includes different components in accordance with Kolb's experiential learning cycle. The evaluation was based on participants' oral and written feedback regarding the content and organization of the intervention, as well as on teachers' field notes from five educational events involving nurses who work with cancer patients (n = 140). The data were analyzed using a thematic approach. Four themes were identified, namely increased awareness, need for knowledge, challenging discomfort, and dealing with external obstacles. The intervention increased participants' awareness of patients' need to discuss sexuality and fertility and of their own need for additional knowledge. The role-play exercise was said to challenge personal discomfort, although the participants still felt it helped to boost their courage to, in the future, engage in such conversations. Several external obstacles to initiate a conversation about sexuality or fertility were identified, and possible strategies for overcoming them were discussed. In conclusion, the Fex-Talk intervention was experienced positively by the participating nurses. The results indicate that the intervention increased nurses' understanding of patients' needs related to sex and fertility and overcome barriers to initiate discussions about sex and fertility with patients.
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