Creating a Strategic Partnership for  Educating Nurse Practitioner Students  about Sexual Health

Rowniak, Stefan

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“…Feedback on this approach was positive from faculty and students [56]. Recent works have described the implementation of a model of preparing NPs for competence in providing sexual health care, including with LGBT people, and how students have enthusiastically received this [57] [58]. These research studies serve to emphasize the existing lack of LGBT-specific content in nursing curricula, the potential for didactic and experiential learning opportunities related to LGBT health, as well as the barriers that may require further consideration and investigation.…”

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Culturally Competent Care of LGBT Patients: The NP Experience

Manzer¹

2019

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Nurse practitioners (NPs) who are culturally competent can enrich patient care, reduce health disparities, and improve health outcomes. Research that examines NP practice as it relates to the culturally competent care of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) patients has been lacking in the literature. To address this gap, an exploratory qualitative descriptive design was used to explore NP experiences with LGBT patients. Data were collected via semi-structured interviews with 22 NPs. Inductive analysis was used to identify, analyze, and report themes within the data. Key findings were that LGBT patients were generally not seen as a distinct cultural group with specific health needs and that NP participants were unclear about the definition or principles of cultural competence as it relates to LGBT persons. Most NPs were not using a model of cultural competence to guide their practice. Instead, they utilized strategies that primarily revolved around the development and maintenance of the therapeutic nurse -patient relationship. These findings have implications for patient outcomes, as well as education, practice, and research. Culturally Competent Care of LGBT Patients: The NP Experience 54 Dana Manzer, Lucia O'Sullivan and Shelley Doucet and injury; health assessment and diagnosis; therapeutic management; and professional role, responsibility and accountability [2].NPs are employed in a variety of practice settings, including community health centers and collaborative family practice; urgent care and emergency departments; mental health and addiction services; correctional services; long-term care; and non-government agencies [3]. An individual's first point of contact or primary provider of health care may be an NP. The hallmark of NP practice is holistic, patient-centered care that assists persons of diverse cultures, races, religions, genders and ethnicities in achieving, maintaining, and enhancing their health and wellbeing [2]. Holism in nursing is grounded in caring. It is foundational to the development of the nurse-patient relationship, and a fundamental component of the Canadian Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses which outlines standards for the safe, competent, and ethical care of patients. Originally adopted in 1984, the code was revised in 2017 to reflect, among other things, the increasing diversity among Canadians accessing the health care system, and the impact of social inequities on health inequities [4].NPs have a long history of providing care to diverse populations who live within vastly different social contexts, and the impact of determinants of health are routinely incorporated into NP practice. Patients experience a variety of acute and chronic health needs over their lifespan, and possess varying levels of health management and coping abilities. However, all patients should expect to receive ethical, competent, and compassionate care from their health care provider, that acknowledges and recognizes the circumstances which influence a person's health and well-being. A key com...

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Culturally Competent Care of LGBT Patients: The NP Experience

Manzer¹

2019

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Sexual Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Among Nurse Practitioners and Certified Nurse Midwives Who Work with Adolescents in Non-acute Care Settings

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Myths, misunderstandings, and missing information: Experiences of nurse practitioners providing primary care to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender patients

Manzer

O’Sullivan

Doucet

2018

The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

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Nurse practitioners (NPs) are advanced practice nurses who provide holistic care including health promotion and disease prevention to diverse populations across the life span. A current gap in the literature is research that examines NP practice as it relates to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) patients. Individuals who identify as LGBT have health concerns specific to their sexual orientation or gender identity that may not be recognized by healthcare providers, such as NPs, and which may result in poorer health outcomes than for non-LGBT persons. This exploratory qualitative descriptive study was designed to examine in detail the practice experiences of NPs in providing primary health care to LGBT patients. A convenience sample of 22 NPs, supplemented with snowball sampling, was drawn from the registry of licensed NPs in the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Data were collected via semi-structured individual interviews, which were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Some brief measures of quantitative data were also collected for demographic purposes. The qualitative data were analyzed using inductive analysis. Special attention was given to ensuring credibility, dependability, transferability, and confirmability of the data and their interpretation. Key themes that emerged from analysis of the data included: filling in the knowledge gaps; fostering a therapeutic nurse-patient relationship; and sexual and psychosocial health. The research findings also highlighted the gaps that exist in the training and education on LGBT health that NPs received from their educational programs.

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Creating a Strategic Partnership for Educating Nurse Practitioner Students about Sexual Health

Cited by 4 publications

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Culturally Competent Care of LGBT Patients: The NP Experience

Culturally Competent Care of LGBT Patients: The NP Experience

Sexual Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Among Nurse Practitioners and Certified Nurse Midwives Who Work with Adolescents in Non-acute Care Settings

Myths, misunderstandings, and missing information: Experiences of nurse practitioners providing primary care to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender patients

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