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Nursing Implications For Transgender And Gender Diverse Perioperative Patients: A Discussion Paper, Oona O'Shea, Paula Foran
Nursing Implications For Transgender And Gender Diverse Perioperative Patients: A Discussion Paper, Oona O'Shea, Paula Foran
Journal of Perioperative Nursing
Perioperative nurses must provide culturally competent care to all surgical patients, and understanding gender identity and gender diversity may be the first step to creating an inclusive perioperative practice for transgender and gender diverse patients. In the nurse–patient relationship, limited exposure to and knowledge of diverse populations may negatively affect the health of this important demographic.
When nurses are unaware of how care can be affected by explicit (conscious) or implicit (unconscious) bias, they may use transphobic stereotyping behaviours or act with microaggressions, like using excessive protective attire. Such care may invalidate gender identity and impede trust. In contrast, nurses …