Registered Nurses as Optimizers of Gender-Affirming Care Within a Transgender and Intersex Specialty Care Clinic

An estimated 1.4 million transgender adults live in the United States; this equates to approximately 0.6% of the U.S. population (Lane et al., 2018). Clinical focus on gender dysphoria has significantly increased over the past 30 years (MacCarthy, Reisner, Nunn, Perez-Brumer, & Operario, 2015),...

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Published inCreative nursing Vol. 26; no. 2; p. 125
Main Authors Zimmerman, Alissa R, Missel, Zachary C, Bauman, LeAnn M, Gonzalez, Cesar A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.05.2020
Subjects
Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Female
Gender Identity
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nurse's Role - psychology
Nurses - psychology
Nursing Care - psychology
Sex Reassignment Procedures - nursing
Sexual and Gender Minorities - psychology
United States
United States
gender-affirming care
RNs
gender-affirming surgery
transgender clinic
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Summary:An estimated 1.4 million transgender adults live in the United States; this equates to approximately 0.6% of the U.S. population (Lane et al., 2018). Clinical focus on gender dysphoria has significantly increased over the past 30 years (MacCarthy, Reisner, Nunn, Perez-Brumer, & Operario, 2015), with burgeoning evidence from across disciplines documenting the positive outcomes associated with gender-affirming interventions. The purpose of this article is to illustrate how RNs optimize psychosocial, hormonal, and surgical gender-affirming care through performing comprehensive assessments, coordinating care, and providing education and health coaching.
ISSN:1078-4535
DOI:10.1891/CRNR-D-20-00005