Culturally Competent Nursing Care for the LGBTQ+ Community

Culturally Competent Nursing Care for the LGBTQ+ Community

Kourtney Robinson, BSN, RN

In the ever-evolving landscape of gender and sexual identity, it is imperative that psychiatric mental health nurses remain current in their knowledge of the terminology, nursing implications, and treatment issues that impact the LGBTQ community. This knowledge will inform the most appropriate and empathic approaches to the nursing care of individuals within this growing community. 

Psychiatric mental health nurses must effectively care for LGBTQ patients daily. However, input from leadership and direct care staff nurses through formal education evaluations has indicated a professional nursing knowledge and skills gap in effective, collaborative, and empathic nursing care for LGBTQ individuals at the hospital.

At the conclusion of this event, participants should be able to:

1.0 credit hours have been designated by The Menninger Clinic for the following disciplines:

Registered Nurses

The Menninger Clinic is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Louisiana State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. LSNA Provider No. 4112165

For questions regarding continuing education, please contact: 

Michelle Taylor-Jennings

Coordinator, Education and Training 

mataylor@menninger.edu