Knowledge and practices of nursing students in health care for sexual minorities

Abstract

The National Policy for Comprehensive Health for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transvestite and transsexual (LGBT) people are aimed at training the care network, including academic training on issues related to technique and ethics. The general objective was to analyze the knowledge and practices of nursing students regarding the health care of sexual and specific minorities: to describe students 'knowledge regarding the nomenclatures used in sexuality and to identify students' safety in the development of care practices for women. sexual minorities. Research with a quantitative and qualitative approach, with data collection technique, interview, and self-administered questionnaire. The participants were 29 students from a public university in Rio de Janeiro. The analysis of the qualitative data used was dialectical hermeneutics and the quantitative data, the simple and percentage frequency. Two categories were evidenced: “Knowledge of nursing students regarding care for LGBT people” - evidences a knowledge gap impacting care and “Practices of nursing students towards LGBT people” - point out insecurity in specific care. It is suggested the appreciation of the curricula of nursing courses so that this topic can be better addressed.