GLBT Nurses

FireStarterRN, BSN, RN · Feb 22, 2009

Are you in a BSN program? Just curious. Good luck in school.

janedoe20 · Feb 22, 2009

yes i am..

abbaking · Feb 22, 2009

Not to sure how to respond....in a traditional setting (hospitals) it doesn't really matter. However, I used to work in HIV/AIDS/STD crisis clinic in Palm Springs (a city with a large population of GLBT), the patient usually feels comfortable with disclosure of lifestyle and sexuality with a GLBT healthcare professional. Hope this helps!

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ErraticThinker · Feb 22, 2009

The fenway community health center in Boston does a lot of research into the need for awareness of special needs when it comes to the gay community. You can google them, and they actually publish a guide thats pretty widely distributed for healthcare providers discussing special considerations when working with the glbt population. I personally prefer a gay doctor because its easier to discuss things that honestly a straight doctor just wouldn't get. But anyway, definitely look them up and check out their website it might prove useful.

zuzi · Feb 22, 2009

Please do a internet search using "health care gay friendly studies" or similar issues... hopefully that helps you...if you really need it for your article, loool.

feralnostalgia · Feb 22, 2009

Not to sure how to respond....in a traditional setting (hospitals) it doesn't really matter. However, I used to work in HIV/AIDS/STD crisis clinic in Palm Springs (a city with a large population of GLBT), the patient usually feels comfortable with disclosure of lifestyle and sexuality with a GLBT healthcare professional. Hope this helps!

yay! this is the area I want to work in when I'm out of school and experienced enough to specialize, and I'm gay myself, so that's good news. can't say that I'm particularly surprised, really, but it's good to hear someone say it so I know it's not just me.

I was just reading this article about HIV rates in Asia...there are places that infection has gone up from 17% to 31% in 4 years. there's no public education about safe gay sex because it's illegal. it says in places like singapore and the subcontinent gay men can expect to be literally slapped in the face and tossed out of a clinic, rather than receiving the healthcare they deserve. when I read about that I knew exactly what I wanted to specialize in and where I wanted to volunteer.

awesome that your school is addressing these issues! have you tried looking at the GLBTQ healthcare professional websites?

http://www.glbthealth.org/Research.htm

also, always check your university's research databases, there's invariably lots of information on them that isn't available just from a google search. things like JSTOR and Proquest - they should be available through the university library website. in my experience they don't talk about these databases as much as they should outside of certain research-heavy classes...but they help with every paper you'll ever write!

meluhn · Feb 23, 2009

Lately I am surprised at how many transgendered patients, family members and even fellow nurses I have come in contact with. (About 3 in the last year) For the first time in my career and life I am interacting with transgendered people. I must admit I am curious about what makes them tic since they are not as familiar as just plain gay people. I have gay friends and I understand them, I would like to hear more about the transgendered community and their needs. We had one cross dressing guy, a family member, who would always take the long way around rather than pass by the nurses station. He seemed to be very nervous and perhaps afraid of ridicule or people talking. Please post when your research is done, I am curious to know what you come up with. I bet you could do an informal survey on this site. People would feel free to really tell you how they feel.