A Sensitive Nursing Subject
Healthcare providers have victimized transgendered patients in many ways.

By Barbara Chamberlain, PhD, APN, CCRN & Brenda Vogt, MSN, RN
Posted on: June 24, 2009

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When healthcare providers (HCPs) think of vulnerable populations, children, prisoners, adults with limited capacity to consent, and non-English speaking patients immediately come to mind. Missing from this list is the individual with gender identity issues. Generally, HCPs know little about caring for individuals in this group, including the transgendered population.

Although HCPs don't actually know how many transgendered individuals there are because they must self-identify, they do know that across cultures people have different beliefs about gender-related issues. Cultures differ in their definitions of words such as masculine, feminine, male and female.

A Sensitive Nursing Subject

http://nursing.advanceweb.com/editorial/content/editorial.aspx?cc=201728
6/24/09

When healthcare providers (HCPs) think of vulnerable populations, children, prisoners, adults with limited capacity to consent, and non-English speaking patients immediately come to mind. Missing from this list is the individual with gender identity issues. Generally, HCPs know little about caring for individuals in this group, including the transgendered population.

Although HCPs don't actually know how many transgendered individuals there are because they must self-identify, they do know that across cultures people have different beliefs about gender-related issues. Cultures differ in their definitions of words such as masculine, feminine, male and female.