A COMMUNITY nurse bought an artificial vagina for a sexually frustrated disabled teenager.Stephanie Courts made the revelation at a Royal College of Nursing conference in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
She obtained the vibrating sex aid after the 15-year-old patient, who was severely disabled, became distressed at not being able to satisfy his sexual urges.
Ms Courts said the case highlighted a serious issue, the lack of national guidelines for dealing with the sexual needs of physically disabled adolescents.
Her team in Worcestershire eventually drew up its own sexual health policy for the local Primary Care Trust.
The nurses addressed the problem after consulting the 15-year-old boy’s parents.
Ms Courts said the team dealt “professionally with a potentially embarrassing and legally difficult situation”, Nursing Standard magazine reported.
But national guidelines were still needed for nurses finding themselves in similar situations.
Ms Courts told the conference for nurses working with children and young people: “Sexual health guidance is not out there and this is shocking."
credited to news.com.au
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