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Essay / What is teenage pregnancy? - 1243
Although nurses who work in hospitals educate adolescents about preventing another pregnancy, school nurses play a more important role in overall prevention. Additionally, many school nurses are identified by students and teachers as trusted confidential sources that adolescents can turn to, thus facilitating discussion about STD and pregnancy prevention (Brewin, Koren, Morgan, Shipley and Hardy, 2013). A school nurse has many roles and one of their roles is to promote healthy attitudes. By gaining the trust of adolescents, school nurses will be able to provide detailed sexuality education (Board, et al, 2011). School nurses can also provide information about prenatal vitamins, folic acid and iron intake to reduce the risk of complications. Additionally, with greater access to sex education and contraception by nurses, this may help reduce the number of unintended teen pregnancies (CDC,