Multiple methods findings from a systematic scoping review and qualitative interviews to inform LGBTQ+ affirming practices for nursing education

Given the substantial number of LGBTQ+ people across the US (2024 Gallup Poll shows 9.3% of the country's population identifies as LGBTQ+), and especially in the South (home to the largest LGBTQ+ population across Census Bureau regions), we are unlikely to 'make America healthy again' without addressing the needs of LGBTQ+ communities. To do so, structural-level change that engages the providers in our health systems, and specifically the nurses who have the most touchpoints with our patients, is needed to reconcile the promise of good health and its achievement. Our results provide a clear roadmap to educating our nursing faculty and empowering them to deliver on our collective commitment to achieve the highest attainable standard of health for all.