Who am I?
• Chair of a National Youth
Sexual Health Council
(YEAH/redaware.org.au)
• Practice Manager at a SRH
clinic
• Trainer/Facilitator #Youth
#SexEd #VCAT #VAC
• Managing Editor for
SexGeekdom.com
• MPH student
1. Do MPHers still need health
education?
PUBLIC HEALTH
STUDENTS
UNHEALTHY
BEHAVIOUR
2. A Busy Clinic Nurse’s Guide to STIs
A Busy Clinic Nurse’s Guide to STIs
1. Herpes (HSV) Do they/you have painful
blisters on their/your stuff? Refrain from sex.
Get a blood test, take anti-viral medications.
Tell partners. Barrier methods help.
2. Genital Warts (HPV) –Do they/you have
small bumpy things on their/your stuff?
Refrain from sex. Get them removed. Tell ya
little bro or sis to get vaccinated. Tell ya
partners. Barrier methods help.
A Busy Clinic Nurse’s Guide to STIs
3. HIV- Use condoms properly, don’t share needles.
4. Gonorrhea (G) I’m not gonna talk about
symptoms-Its just Gonorrhea. Get tested. Get
antibiotics. Barrier methods help.
5. Chlamydia (C) I’m not gonna talk about
symptoms-Its just Chlamydia. Get tested. Get
antibiotics. Barrier methods help.
6. Syphilis (S) Do you know what a Chancre is?
Didn’t think so. Get a blood test. Get antibiotics.
Barrier methods help.