Improving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning Health: Using a Standardized Patient Experience to Educate Advanced Practice Nursing Students

Lead Author: Elizabeth K. Kuzma
Submitted by: Catherine Hagele, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Over the last few years, nursing education has begun to embrace the need for LGBTQ content in nursing curricula. When compared with their heterosexual and cisgender counterparts, individuals identifying as LGBTQ face notable health disparities including increased disease and mortality, poorer health outcomes and higher rates of certain illnesses as well as biopsychosocial disparities. This pilot project increased knowledge, comfort and skills relating to interactions with people who identify as LGBTQ.

Read the full article in Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners here.

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