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Supporting LGBTQ+ Students: A Focus Group Study with Junior High School Nurses.
- Source :
- Journal of School Nursing; Jun2024, Vol. 40 Issue 3, p295-304, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- NURSING education
STUDENT assistance programs
FOCUS groups
GENDER identity
SELF-efficacy
QUALITATIVE research
RESEARCH funding
PSYCHOLOGY of LGBTQ+ people
INTERVIEWING
SEXUAL orientation identity
HUMAN sexuality
COMPASSION
NURSING schools
PROFESSIONAL identity
NURSING
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
THEMATIC analysis
RESEARCH methodology
NURSES' attitudes
NURSING practice
MIDDLE schools
FAMILY support
SEXUAL minorities
DATA analysis software
SOCIAL support
PROFESSIONAL competence
CULTURAL pluralism
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10598405
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of School Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177242097
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10598405221086035