Four sex workers—Sherri, Tina, Dee and Mum—explain the relationship between sex and drugs, revealing how it affects their health and can threaten their lives.
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directorNettie Wild
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![Reflections on Practice: Sex Work & Health]()
Street nurse Liz James reminds us that sex workers who use drugs are “just people” with stories and experiences like everyone else. Liz explains that the key to creating a safe and open health-care relationship is to be compassionate while still asking frank and direct questions.
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![Bevel Up: Chapter 6 - Lee]()
Street nurses Caroline Brunt and Liz James inject Lee, a sex worker, with an antibiotic for syphilis. They also call Lee’s boyfriend and arrange to test him as well.
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![Topics: Sex, Drugs & Gender]()
Street nurse Paul Harris (Gay Outreach) and Sean, a transgender person who uses drugs, both reflect on the role that drugs play in the LGBT community.
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![Reflections on Practice: From Novice to Expert]()
Street nurses Caroline Brunt and Janine Stevenson, nursing ethicist Paddy Rodney, and nursing-practice consultant Mary Adlersberg talk about the importance of learning and legitimizing nursing harm-reduction practices.
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The nurses meet Becky, give her a mouth pieces for a crack pipe, and chat about her pregnant daughter, Liz. Later, they meet Tracey in a hotel and discuss her upcoming test results.
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![Topics: Peers & Natural Helpers]()
Natural helper Tina and peer outreach worker Earle Crow talk about how they bridge the gap between the street community and the nurses.
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![Reflections on Practice: Therapeutic Communication]()
Street nurse Liz James explains how to work with someone who’s in an unsafe situation but doesn’t want help.
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![Reflections on Practice: Supervised Injection]()
Nursing-practice consultant Mary Adlersberg and nursing ethicist Paddy Rodney reflect on how the nurse incorporates teaching and health promotion while supporting safe injection.
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![Reflections on Practice: Safety]()
Street nurse Caroline Brunt and nursing-practice consultant Mary Adlersberg offer safety strategies for nurses working on the streets.
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![Reflections on Practice: Harm Reduction]()
Nurse Elaine Jones and ethicist Paddy Rodney talk about the ethical questions involved in showing youth how to safely inject.
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![Reflections on Practice: Dueling Agendas]()
Street nurse Caroline Brunt talks about what happens when her health-care agenda clashes with the needs of the person she is caring for.
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