About
Description:
Nurses have the opportunity to care for diverse populations. Research has shown that the LGBTQIA+ community has been stigmatized and denied access to health care and other resources due to lack of knowledge or implicit bias of health care professionals or faith communities. This symposium will increase the FCN’s ability to provide ethical and spiritual care to this marginalized community and their family members.
ANA Scope and Standards of Faith Community Nursing- Standard 7:
Advocates for health care consumers’ rights to informed decision-making and self-determination.
Learning Objectives:
As a result of attending this symposium, participants will be able to -
- Recognize terminology related to LGBTQIA+, gender identity and sexual orientation.
- Identify barriers to healthcare for persons in the LGBTQIA+ community.
- Discuss ethical issues related to care of persons in the LGBTQIA+ community.
- Describe spiritual needs and spiritual care interventions for members of the LGBTQIA+ community and their loved ones.
Program Speaker:
Paul Blom, BA, Owner, Right at Home Twin Cities and Southern Suburbs
A nationally known advocate for older adults and the LGBTQ+ Community, Paul received his Bachelor of Arts from Luther College and completed coursework towards his Masters of Divinity at Wartburg Theological. Since 2001, Paul and his husband, Bob, have owned and operated Right at Home Twin Cities and South Suburbs. Paul is a founding board member of Training to Serve, the curriculum for training senior service providers on the unique needs and barriers of the aging LGBTQ+ Community. Paul has trained nearly 10,000 individuals across the country and internationally on LGBTQ+ issues. Paul is treasure of the Minneapolis Area Senior Workers Association and Annual Fall Aging conference as well as President of the Board of Avenues for Youth.
Austen Hartke, MA, Executive Director of Transmission Ministry Collective
Austen Hartke is the author of Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians, a book on theology and personal narratives originally published by Westminster John Knox Press in 2018, and with a second edition arriving in March, 2023. He is also the founder and Executive Director of Transmission Ministry Collective, an online community dedicated to the spiritual care, faith formation, and leadership potential of transgender and gender-expansive Christians. Austen is a graduate of Luther Seminary’s Master of Arts program in Old Testament/Hebrew Bible Studies, and is the winner of the 2014 John Milton Prize in Old Testament Writing from the same institution. From 2015 to 2018 he created one hundred videos for the Transgender and Christian YouTube series, which sought to share parts of the Bible that relate to gender identity and the lives of transgender individuals. Austen has published work in several anthologies including Violence Against LGBTQ+ Persons: Research, Practice, and Advocacy (Springer, 2020) and Rally: Communal Prayers for Lovers of Jesus and Justice (Fresh Air Books, 2020), and was chosen as a 2019 Bush Foundation Fellow. As a transgender person of faith, Austen's greatest passion is helping other trans and gender-expansive people see themselves in scripture.