TITLE

Judgemental nurses are 'not right' for sex education lessons

PUB. DATE
March 2011
SOURCE
Nursing Standard;3/23/2011, Vol. 25 Issue 29, p8
SOURCE TYPE
Academic Journal
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
A former nurse who is leading the government's drive to reduce teenage pregnancies argues that some school nurses should not teach sex education because they are too judgemental.
ACCESSION #
59937757

Tags: TEENAGE pregnancy -- Prevention;  SEX education;  HADLEY, Alison

 

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