Hi everyone,
I am a nurse executive, a nurse researcher, and currently a 2026 Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Institute for Policy Solutions N-SISS (Nurse Scientist Incubator for Social Determinants of Health Solutions) Fellow. My research agenda seeks to eliminate health inequity for youth who identify as LGBTQ+. We have learned that youth who identify as LGBTQ+ and need emergency care for suicidality, do not feel psychologically safe. As a result, we have completing a scenario-based learning curriculum for emergency and acute care nursing staff, aimed to improve culturally congruent care through training. Subsequently, we modified the intervention and made the evidence-based curriculum available to school based health suite staff. I have been a Director of Nursing (ED, Critical Care, Sedation, Radiology, Vascular Access) in pediatric healthcare settings for the last 15 years.
I am eager to learn more from everyone in this group. Thank you for the opportunity to join.
Theresa Ryan Schultz, PhD, MSN, MBA, NEA-BC
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Theresa Schultz PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC
Director of Nursing, Emergency Medicine and Trauma
Jenkintown PA
United States
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