Role of nurses in sexual orientation in adolescence

Abstract

Adolescence is marked by large organic, cognitive, affective and sociocultural transformations exposing adolescents to many risks. The school has a fundamental role in the formation of the student, including information regarding sex education and sexual orientation. This study aimed to highlight the importance of nurses' performance on sexual orientation in the school context. It is important to know how parents experience the sexual education of teenagers, with school the crucial space for the development of knowledge and skills. In relation to how guide their children about sexuality and the difficulties experienced and facilities, parents report that the influence of the received education can facilitate or hinder the process forward seeking an education for their children based on family values and find important dialogue and frank discussion with the children, although sometimes communication between parents and adolescent children is difficult. It is concluded that sex education in adolescence is a delicate process that needs to be performed continuously and as early as possible. In this process the nurse can make in health education, further helping parents confront this new reality.