Gender-affirming care in undergraduate nursing education: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people face a multitude of barriers to safe, accessible healthcare. One way to overcome access inequities is through the provision of gender-affirming care. Gender-affirming care is culturally safe and engaged care that values TGD identities and is focused on depathologising TGD people. Additionally, gender-affirming care encompasses awareness and support of TGD individuals as unique beings, including supporting gender-affirming medical goals for those who are interested. The discipline of nursing is well situated to advocate for gender-affirming care, however, receives little undergraduate education in the subject. Undergraduate schools of nursing (including faculty and curriculum) are in a crucial position to implement gender-affi

SUBMITTER: Crawford J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10016310 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature