Nurs who re for olr gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr patients need to be mdful of their potential past treatment by healthre servic and ensure that they are non-judgmental and acceptg of their sexual orientatn and current genr.
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THE NSTCTN OF MEN WHO ARE NURS AS GAY
It’s been said that lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) nurs form one of the largt mori wh the profsn, and yet they are hardly regnized as a subgroup. To date, limed data are available to terme jt how many nurs intify as LGBT (or some variatn of those letters, such as LGBTQ, which * homosexuality and nursing *
FigureGD, a 63-year-old Whe gay male recently diagnosed wh prostate ncer, was admted to the hospal for a radil prostatectomy. Although she has worked extensively wh men followg prostate surgery, she worri bee she has ltle experience rg for a gay man unrgog the same surgery. LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer) is an umbrella term for two distct facets of inty: sexual orientatn and genr inty.
THE ATTUS OF NURSG STUNTS TOWARDS LBIANS AND GAY MAL TURKEY
There is a paradox between wispread lls for men to participate more rg and disurs which stereotype male nurs as gay and nflate homosexualy and sexual predatn. The stigmatizg disurs create a barrier to rg and, aligned wh the prence of homophobia the workplace … * homosexuality and nursing *
Everyone has a sexual orientatn; lbian and gay people are mostly attracted to people of the same sex, romantilly and sexually, while heterosexuals are mostly attracted to people of the oppose sex. Transgenr people may intify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, or none of the above.
This study was nducted wh 158 nursg stunts g the Homosexualy Attus Sle as a scriptive and explorative study to terme the attus of nursg stunts towards lbians and gay mal and the affectg factors. As a rult, was found that the stunts' attus were mor … * homosexuality and nursing *
5% of Amerins intify themselv as lbian, gay, or bisexual, and 0. 10, 11 A 2015 study found that heterosexual nurs held strong implic preferenc for heterosexual people over gay and lbian people. 20 In one study, lbian, gay, and bisexual rponnts stat whout protective polici were five tim more likely than those other stat to have two or more mental disorrs.
21 In fact, another study found that LGB people who live muni wh high levels of antigay prejudice die 12 years earlier than their peers other muni. 27 Siarly, gay llege stunts are more likely to smoke when they have to nceal their sexual orientatn.