Welcome! Thank you for checking out our research study. This is a dissertation study by a nurse educator, about nurse educators, and for nurse educators. If you choose to participate, you will be compensated for your time and for sharing your thoughts and experiences!
This study will have two phases
Phase one
will be an anonymous online survey, with questions that largely focus on what factors contribute to your inclusion or exclusion of LGBTQ+ content in your teaching.
When you finish the survey, you will be asked if you would be willing to be interviewed—this is entirely voluntary. Participants who complete the survey will be eligible for compensation with electronic gift cards. Interview participants will receive additional compensation.
Phase two
will consist of interviews with some survey participants who volunteer to be interviewed, with some questions based on the findings from phase one.
The purpose of this study
is to learn about the experiences of pre-licensure, undergraduate nursing faculty: how we make decisions about what kinds of materials and topics to include in our teaching, what factors may contribute to those decisions, and our experiences of including (or excluding) lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) health content in our courses.
We want to hear from you if:
You want to include LGBTQ+ health content in your courses
but don’t know where to start
You want to include LGBTQ+ health content in your courses
but are worried about the consequences
You do not want to include LGBTQ+ health content in your courses
for any reason
You have added or expanded LGBTQ+ health content
in the courses you teach
You want to learn more about topics and resources
for including LGBTQ+ health content in your courses
Am I eligible?
If you are a U.S.-based nursing faculty member or clinical instructor for pre-licensure, undergraduate registered nursing students, you may be eligible to participate. If you are interested, scan the QR code above or click on the link below to answer a few questions, and provide your contact information to see if you are eligible—if you are, we’ll send you the survey to complete.
Any questions? Please email us at
nus-LGBTQstudy@buffalo.edu