NURSES' ATTITUDES TOWARD SEXUALITY

The research critiques the journal article identified below. The article is critiqued within the contexts of (1) problem description, (2) clarity of the problem statement, research question, and hypotheses, (3) logical progression of the literature review, (4) explicit and implicit significance for nursing, (5) evidence of a conceptual or theoretical framework directing the study, (6) identification of the research design, (7) appropriateness of the research design, (8) extent to which major variables are identified, (9) adequacy of conceptual and operational definitions, (10) identification of threats to internal and external validity, and (11) the relation of the conclusion to the study findings and research question.

WallHaas, Constance. (1991). Nurses' attitudes toward sexuality in adolescent patients. Pediatric Nursing, 17(6), 549555.

The author makes a case for the contention that adolescents identify themselves primarily through their perceptions of their own sexuality. Accepting this premise, the author states the problem being studied as one that involves the delivery of less than adequate care by nurses who are unprepared to integrate sex education and counseling into their care of adolescent patients.

The only justification offered in support of the contention that adolescents receive less than adequate care from

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stated in the article. A complete reading of the article provides no basis for inferring such hypotheses. Logical Progression of the Literature Review A discrete review of the literature is not provided in this article. Rather, the literature reviewed is presented in several locations within the article. The literature reviewed progresses from a holistic perception of sexuality to a discussion of sexuality as the basis for tension between adolescent patients and nurses to a discussion of the sexual behaviors of adolescents, and thence to the knowledge and attitudes of nurses toward sexuality. One could justifiably contend that this literature progression was generally logical in relation to the problem statement. Explicit and Implicit Significance of the Research for Nursing The author states that nurses must be aware of their own attitudes and values towards adolescent sexuality if they are to promote sexual health in adolescent patients. If one accepts that this research will reveal to nurses their attitudes and values toward adolescent sexuality, and if one further accepts the premise a nursing priority for all adolescent patients is to promote the sexual health of their patients, then the significance of this stud
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