Using Simulation With Nursing Students To Promote Affirmative Practice Toward The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Population: A Multisite Study

Keywords

Bias; LGBT; Nursing Student Attitudes; Simulation; Transgender

Abstract

AIM The aim of this research was to evaluate the impact of a transgender simulation on nursing students' affirmative practice when caring for a transgender person. BACKGROUND There is a paucity of research that assesses the attitudes of nursing students toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons and a deficit in nursing curricula regarding LGBT content. METHOD A nonexperimental, pretest-posttest design was used to evaluate nursing students' affirmative practice when caring for a transgender patient using the Gay Affirmative Practice Scale. RESULTS A Wilcoxon signed-rank test revealed a statistical significance in Gay Affirmative Practice scores after the simulation with a small effect size. These results suggest that the transgender simulation supported nursing students' attitudes and affirmative practice when providing nursing care to a transgender person. CONCLUSION Experiential learning in nursing education is an effective approach to teach cultural competence and sensitivity in caring for vulnerable populations.

Publication Date

7-1-2018

Publication Title

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volume

39

Issue

4

Number of Pages

225-229

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000302

Socpus ID

85060486695 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85060486695

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