Abstract

Culturally responsive teachings prepare students to support social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in and beyond the classroom. Rising reports of culturally insensitive care and the reported challenges that nurses experience when caring for culturally diverse patients warrant the advancement of the intercultural readiness of nursing students. The study investigated the cultural content taught, encompassing LGBTQ+ health education, at the School of Nursing at a historically black college and university (HBCU) in the Southeastern United States. The participant selection involved purposeful sampling of various stakeholders engaged in interviews and focus groups, including faculty, nursing students, and nurse managers with diverse cultural backgrounds. The participants' narratives captured different viewpoints and experiences, informing the research. A critical perspectives framework guided this study. The inquiry revealed the disparities for LGBTQ+ people, identified significant gaps in LGBTQ+ health education and patient care, and a deficit approach to cultural responsiveness within the curriculum. The participant responses from the data lent themselves to curriculum reform. Applying recommendations from the findings of this study can lead the change for the school of nursing to generate and cultivate cultural responsiveness for students to become more culturally competent.

Description

This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 30241211; ProQuest document ID: 2756719527. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Kerstin G. Hudgins, EdD, MSN, RN, CCRN, CEN, FCCM

Sigma Membership

Omega Upsilon

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Culturally Responsive Teaching, LGBTQ+ Health Education, Inclusive Education, Transcultural Nursing

Advisor

Donna DeGennaro

Second Advisor

Steven Hooker

Third Advisor

Angela McLaurin

Degree

Doctoral-Other

Degree Grantor

University of North Carolina Wilmington

Degree Year

2022

Rights Holder

All rights reserved by the author(s) and/or publisher(s) listed in this item record unless relinquished in whole or part by a rights notation or a Creative Commons License present in this item record.

All permission requests should be directed accordingly and not to the Sigma Repository.

All submitting authors or publishers have affirmed that when using material in their work where they do not own copyright, they have obtained permission of the copyright holder prior to submission and the rights holder has been acknowledged as necessary.

Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2023-01-27

Full Text of Presentation

wf_yes

Download

Share

COinS