Supporting LGBTQ+ Students: A Focus Group Study with Junior High School Nurses.
J Sch Nurs
; : 10598405221086035, 2022 Mar 18.
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ABSTRACT
LBGTQ+ students often miss the support and information they need in the school nursing, but little is known about junior high school (JHS) nurses' work with LGBTQ+ students. 15 JHS nurses were interviewed in focus groups about their perceptions of supporting LGBTQ+ students. Four interconnected themes were identified with inductive thematic analysis:
(1) JHS nurses' professional identity and practice; (2) Recognition of sexual and gender diversity in school; (3) Family acceptance process; and (4) LGBTQ+ students as school nursing clients. JHS nurses self-identified as accepting professionals, but having limited skills, knowledge, and education needed in supporting LGBTQ+ students. Supporting LGBTQ+ students is a complex phenomenon, and to enhance JHS nurses' competence in providing care for these students, sexual and gender diversity needs to be included in evidence-based nursing information sources, covered in nursing education, and the school needs to be secured as LGBTQ+ safe place.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Type of study:
Qualitative_research
Language:
En
Journal:
J Sch Nurs
Journal subject:
ENFERMAGEM
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Year:
2022
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Finland