Title

Registered Nurses’ Attitudes Toward The Protection Of Gays And Lesbians In The Workplace

Keywords

discrimination; equality; gay; homosexual; lesbian; nondiscrimination policy; nurse; nursing; workplace

Abstract

This study explores the attitudes of registered nurses toward a nondiscrimination policy in the workplace protective of gays and lesbians and the overall homophobia of nurses. A potential sample of 520 registered nurses licensed in Florida was randomly selected from the state Board of Nursing licensee database. In all, 165 surveys were used in the analysis of the data. Structural equation modeling indicated that support of a nondiscrimination policy protective of gay men and lesbians in the workplace was negatively correlated with homophobia with a critical ratio value of ’4.01. Nonsupport of a nondiscrimination policy was positively correlated with homophobia with a critical ratio value of 3.23. This finding suggests that the inclusion of workplace policies protective of gay men and lesbians might help decrease homophobic and discriminatory treatment that gay and lesbian nurses often encounter in the workplace. © 2008, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Publication Title

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volume

19

Issue

4

Number of Pages

347-353

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659608322420

Socpus ID

51849130786 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/51849130786

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