Preparing Nurse Practitioner Graduates for the Transition to Practice.

Background: Educators ensure that nurse practitioner (NP) students meet core competencies prior to graduation. Post-graduation, students navigate certification, licensure, resume building, and job searches. A statewide virtual conference was developed to help students during the transition to advanced nursing practice.

Health History Skills for Interprofessional Learners in Transgender and Nonbinary Populations.

Introduction: Transgender and nonbinary peoplehave been identified as vulnerable and clinically underserved and experience health disparities. Lack of health care provider knowledge about transgender and gender diverse populations is a barrier to care, impacting health outcomes. The aim of this project was to develop, implement, and evaluate a simulation learning activity for midwifery and women's health nurse practitioner students and obstetrics and gynecology residents to interact with transgender and nonbinary individuals, with the goal of enhancing health history taking comfort and skills.

Extragenital Screening for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Among Adolescents and Young Adults at a Sexual Health Clinic.

Objective: To increase screening rates for oropharyngeal and rectal (extragenital) chlamydia and gonorrhea infections among adolescents and young adults by 20% and for 90% of nurses to demonstrate a change in behavior and knowledge surrounding extragenital screening.

Design: A pre- and posttest design to evaluate nurse knowledge and the percentage of extragenital chlamydia and gonorrhea screenings completed before and after a 2-month intervention period.

Setting: Reproductive health clinic for adolescents and young adults up to age 25 years in the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota.

Cultural Humility in the Care of Individuals Who Are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, or Queer.

Health care providers' knowledge about the health issues of individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) has increased in the past few years, but significant gaps still exist. Nurses and other clinicians may be unfamiliar with current concepts of sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as with current language and terminology. Health care settings that lack informed staff or have environments that are not inclusive can influence the quality of care delivered or whether care is pursued at all.