Supporting LGBTQ+ students: a focus group study with Junior High School nurses

Laiti, M, Pakarinen, A, Parisod, H, Hayter, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2537-8355, Sariola, S and Salanterä, S (2022) Supporting LGBTQ+ students: a focus group study with Junior High School nurses. Journal of School Nursing. ISSN 1059-8405

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Abstract

LBGTQ+ students often miss the support and information they need in the school nursing, but little is known about junior high school (JHS) nurses’ work with LGBTQ+ students. 15 JHS nurses were interviewed in focus groups about their perceptions of supporting LGBTQ+ students. Four interconnected themes were identified with inductive thematic analysis: (1) JHS nurses’ professional identity and practice; (2) Recognition of sexual and gender diversity in school; (3) Family acceptance process; and (4) LGBTQ+ students as school nursing clients. JHS nurses self-identified as accepting professionals, but having limited skills, knowledge, and education needed in supporting LGBTQ+ students. Supporting LGBTQ+ students is a complex phenomenon, and to enhance JHS nurses’ competence in providing care for these students, sexual and gender diversity needs to be included in evidence-based nursing information sources, covered in nursing education, and the school needs to be secured as LGBTQ+ safe place.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	30 Jan 2023 14:04
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Additional Information:	This is an Open Access article which appeared in Journal of School Nursing, published by SAGE Publications
Divisions:	Faculties > Health and Education Research Centres > Health, Psychology and Communities
Subject terms:	Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Nursing, school nurse knowledge, perceptions, self-efficacy, middle, junior, high school, qualitative research, focus groups, sexual minority youth, gender minority youth, family life, sexuality, HEALTH, EDUCATION, family life/sexuality, focus groups, gender minority youth, middle/junior/high school, qualitative research, school nurse knowledge/perceptions/self-efficacy, sexual minority youth, 1110 Nursing, 1303 Specialist Studies in Education, Nursing
URI:	https://mmu-uat.leaf.cosector.com/id/eprint/631304
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1177/10598405221086035
ISSN	1059-8405
e-ISSN	1546-8364

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