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Great post, I am also more comfortable asking the female patient about their sexual history than male. Which is no excuse because I will be caring for male as well as female, so I have to get beyond that. When I question my patients about their sexual history or any question that I believe they are uncomfortable with, I say the same thing you say, (I ask this question to all my patients) and that help them to feel more reflex. It is important as nurse practitioner we learn to develop a comfort level when questioning our male patients about their sexual history. For the wellbeing of patients, it is essential that practitioner learn the correct way of taking a patient sexual history in order to diagnose, manage and direct patients accordingly

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