Emory Authors: Confidence, commitment, and control: Nursing faculty experiences with teaching LGBTQ+ health

“Nursing education research demonstrates that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) health receives scant attention in nursing curricula. The American Nurses Association (ANA) advocates for “Nurse educators that will help fill the void in knowledge by incorporating the issues of the LGBTQ+ populations as part of the curricula”. Calls to
action from scholars and professional nursing organizations demonstrate that while nurse educators are responsible for including LGBTQ+ related content in nursing curricula, these topics are not adequately suffused into nursing training.”

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Affirming Care for LGBTQ patients

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