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The Experience Of Being A Parent Of A Transgender Adolescent, Susan Martello-Gill
The Experience Of Being A Parent Of A Transgender Adolescent, Susan Martello-Gill
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
Abstract
Background: According to the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, about 150,000 U.S. adolescents aged 13-17 identify as transgender (Singhal, 2018). Therefore, parents of these growing number of adolescents face the daily struggles of being a parent of a transgender adolescent.
Purpose of the Study: A scant amount of research exists on the multitude of issues that parents of transgender/ non-binary adolescents confront in seeking guidance and support with the challenges they face daily. There is little in the literature concerning the experience of being a parent of a transgender/non-binary teen. Hence, the purpose of this study …
Bsn Students' Opinions Of Mentally Ill Patients, Kavika Chugh
Bsn Students' Opinions Of Mentally Ill Patients, Kavika Chugh
Honors Undergraduate Theses
Compassionate care, or humanism, should be available to all patients, but the stigma associated with mental illness is a barrier to many people receiving the appropriate care. Views held by Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students can vary from custodial, or the belief in a traditional medical model which involved a highly controlled setting for all mentally ill patients, to humanistic, or viewing the hospital as a therapeutic community for the human needs of a patient. This study examines the views of BSN students before their psychiatric clinical experience through a pretest and post-test survey and analyzes for a …