Building nurses’ capacity to address health inequities: incorporating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender health content in a family nurse practitioner programme

• Published in: Journal of clinical nursing Vol. 26; no. 17-18; pp. 2807 - 2817
• Main Authors: Yingling, Charles T, Cotler, Karen, Hughes, Tonda L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Bisexuality; Capacity Building; Clinical Competence; Continuing education; cultural issues; Curricula; Curriculum; curriculum planning; Education, Nursing - methods; Family Nurse Practitioners - education; Female; Gays & lesbians; Health disparities; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Healthcare Disparities; Humans; Male; Nurse practitioners; nurse–patient relationship; Nursing education; primary care; Primary Care Nursing - methods; Sexual and Gender Minorities; sexual health; sexuality; Terminology as Topic; Transgender persons; United States; Womens health; United States > US; primary care; sexual health; cultural issues; nurse-patient relationship; curriculum planning; sexuality

Aims and objectives To describe our experience in incorporating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender health content into the family nurse practitioner curriculum at a Midwestern college of nursing in the United States. Background Globally, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people face dispari...