BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:EventsCalendar PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T053451Z TZURL:https://www.tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Nursing and Health Sciences,Thesis/Dissertations DESCRIPTION:College of Nursing and Health Sciences - PhD Dissertation Defen seAaron Gendreau-Visco, MBA, BSN, RN, PhD Candidate Date: May 27, 2026Time : 10 am – 12 noonPlace: LIB 314 ZOOM: contact dhoffman@umassd.edu for li nk Title: The Experience of Professional Nurse Sexual Identity Management: A Descriptive Qualitative Study Dissertation Committee: Susan Hunter Reve ll PhD, RN (chair), Jennifer Viveiros PhD, RN, CNE, CHSE, Kristen Clark Ph D, RN, Mary McCurry PhD, RNBC, ANP, ACNP Abstract: Sexual identity managem ent is a complex process that includes repeated decisions to disclose over time. This qualitative, descriptive study aimed to better understand the experience of sexual identity management for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (L GB) professional nurses and the factors that influence sexual identity dis closure in the workplace. Rubin and Rubin’s responsive interviewing meth odology was used to solicit narrative accounts from 10 practicing acute ca re nurses with at least one year of experience. Semi-structured interviews revealed a process the nurses used to manage their sexual identity in the workplace. Eight major themes emerged: initial assessment, being myself, relating to coworkers, comfort/trust, informed disclosure, in the wake of disclosure, intentional non-disclosure, and in the wake of silence. The co mbination of themes revealed was dependent on whether the disclosure was t o a coworker or patient. The decision to disclose was influenced by the in dividual nurse’s history, and nursing unit and organizational factors. T he impact of past and current discrimination and minority stress on the de cision to disclose sexual identity included two major themes: carrying the weight and cognitive vigilance. This is the first study to examine the ex periences of LGB nurses managing their sexual identity in the workplace. F indings also provide insight into the factors that both enable and hinder their decision to disclose, providing a resource to guide practicing nurse s and nurse researchers. Study findings may also inform nurse managers and nurse educators who are responsible for the culture they create and provi de future support of professional LGB nurses in the classroom and on the c linical unit.\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/the-experienc e-of-professional-nurse-sexual-identity-management-a-descriptive-qualitati ve-study.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

College of Nursing and Health S ciences - PhD Dissertation Defense
Aaron Gendreau-Visco\, MBA\, BSN\, RN\, PhD Candidate

Date: May 27\, 2026
Time: 10 am – 12 no on
Place: LIB 314

ZOOM: contact dhoffman@umassd.edu for link< /p>\n

Title: The Experience of Professional Nurse Sexual Identity Manage ment: A Descriptive Qualitative Study

Dissertation Committee: Susa n Hunter Revell PhD\, RN (chair)\, Jennifer Viveiros PhD\, RN\, CNE\, CHSE \, Kristen Clark PhD\, RN\, Mary McCurry PhD\, RNBC\, ANP\, ACNP

A bstract: Sexual identity management is a complex process that includes rep eated decisions to disclose over time. This qualitative\, descriptive stud y aimed to better understand the experience of sexual identity management for lesbian\, gay\, and bisexual (LGB) professional nurses and the factors that influence sexual identity disclosure in the workplace. Rubin and Rub in’s responsive interviewing methodology was used to solicit narrative a ccounts from 10 practicing acute care nurses with at least one year of exp erience. Semi-structured interviews revealed a process the nurses used to manage their sexual identity in the workplace. Eight major themes emerged: initial assessment\, being myself\, relating to coworkers\, comfort/trust \, informed disclosure\, in the wake of disclosure\, intentional non-discl osure\, and in the wake of silence. The combination of themes revealed was dependent on whether the disclosure was to a coworker or patient. The dec ision to disclose was influenced by the individual nurse’s history\, and nursing unit and organizational factors.

The impact of past and c urrent discrimination and minority stress on the decision to disclose sexu al identity included two major themes: carrying the weight and cognitive v igilance. This is the first study to examine the experiences of LGB nurses managing their sexual identity in the workplace. Findings also provide in sight into the factors that both enable and hinder their decision to discl ose\, providing a resource to guide practicing nurses and nurse researcher s. Study findings may also inform nurse managers and nurse educators who a re responsible for the culture they create and provide future support of p rofessional LGB nurses in the classroom and on the clinical unit.

Ev ent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/the-experience-of-professional-nur se-sexual-identity-management-a-descriptive-qualitative-study.php< /p> DTSTAMP:20260508T145558 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T120000 LOCATION:Library 314 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:The Experience of Professional Nurse Sexual Identity Management: A Descriptive Qualitative Study UID:926991cc02797dfe818797e88617505d@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR