CARING FOR LGBT-PATIENTS IN FINLAND AND GERMANY: A COMPARISON OF PREPARATION, ATTITUDE, AND RESOURCES OF NURSES
Poussu, Michaela (2015)
Poussu, Michaela
Lapin ammattikorkeakoulu
2015
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015112017025
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015112017025
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The purpose of this thesis was to find out if the health needs of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) patient’s play a role in the curriculum of nursing education, if personal influence affects the professional attitude when caring for these patients, and if and what kind of resources are available to further educate oneself for nursing of LGBT patients. The research was focused to find answers to these questions by gaining and analysing answers from Finnish and German nurses, and compare their answers in the end. The aim was to collect enough data for comparison and to be able to highlight problems within the fields of variables. The long-term aim was to gain answers that provide important information to health care educators and providers to improve the curriculum and resources, in order to impact the treatment and visibility of LGBT patients.
The theoretical framework dealt with different topics of health care needs of LGBT patient’s, showing percentages obtained due to published researches in relation to heterosexual patients, and highlighting how and why the different health needs must be taken into account by health care professionals.
The results were obtained via quantitative research, done with two online surveys – one for Finnish nurses and one for German nurses.
The results showed that the majority of Finnish and German nurses did not receive education about LGBT patient’s health care during the curriculum of their nursing education. Furthermore, personal attitude is not an influencing factor in how non- heterosexual patients are treated professionally. Resource availability differs between both countries, with Finnish work places providing more resources for their workers than Germany. Additionally, more Finnish nurses than German ones use available resources. The nurses of both countries would educate themselves further on the topic in form a schooling offered by their workplace, and would also recommend such a schooling to colleagues.
The theoretical framework dealt with different topics of health care needs of LGBT patient’s, showing percentages obtained due to published researches in relation to heterosexual patients, and highlighting how and why the different health needs must be taken into account by health care professionals.
The results were obtained via quantitative research, done with two online surveys – one for Finnish nurses and one for German nurses.
The results showed that the majority of Finnish and German nurses did not receive education about LGBT patient’s health care during the curriculum of their nursing education. Furthermore, personal attitude is not an influencing factor in how non- heterosexual patients are treated professionally. Resource availability differs between both countries, with Finnish work places providing more resources for their workers than Germany. Additionally, more Finnish nurses than German ones use available resources. The nurses of both countries would educate themselves further on the topic in form a schooling offered by their workplace, and would also recommend such a schooling to colleagues.