Sexual counseling of MI patients: nurses' comfort, responsibility, and practice.

Myocardial infarction patients often have unanswered questions about resuming sexual activity after this life-threatening event. Critical care nurses can play a pivotal role in educating patients in this sensitive area. However, sexual counseling is an area of nursing that is frequently neglected. The authors assessed comfort and responsibility levels and their relationship to the practice of sexual counseling by critical care nurses.