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Nursing Club and the Pride Alliance Host Important Talk on LGBTQIA+ Health Disparities and Social Inequities in Our Healthcare System

On October 11th last fall, NVCC’s Nursing Club collaborated with the college’s LGBTQIA+ club, the Pride Alliance, to host guest speaker Fidelindo Lim (CCRN, DNP) from New York University’s Rory Meyers College of Nursing to speak about the challenges queer people face when they enter our country’s healthcare system.

Associate Professor of Nursing, Lisa Anderson, first heard Mr. Lim when she attended a faculty breakout session at a NSNA conference in Utah. During the breakout session, Lim asked participants whether LGBTQ+ health disparities are covered in college Nursing program curriculums. Anderson asked her fellow faculty about LGBTQ+ inclusion and it was agreed there were wide disparities across the program and a general lack of knowledge on the subject. Inviting Mr. Lim turned out to be an important step forward. The talk was attended by Nursing faculty as well as students and set the stage for a more inclusive and equitable lens being applied to study in Nursing when it comes to LGBTQIA+ healthcare.