Highlights
- •Gaps exist in nursing curricula to prepare graduates for transgender patient care.
- •Simulation allows students to practice communication with transgender patients.
- •Improved communication with diverse populations promotes an inclusive culture.
Abstract
Background
Transgender people often experience inequities, discrimination, and violence within
health care environments by ill-informed health care professionals. Simulation has
been beneficial in increasing students’ knowledge about transgender health issues.
Methods
A transgender simulation scenario was piloted with pairs of students completing an
anesthesia preoperative interview with a transgender patient who presents for an emergent
surgery. Thirty (42%) of graduate nursing students enrolled in a Doctor of Nursing
Practice nurse anesthesia program voluntarily participated in a transgender pilot
simulation.
Results
Twenty-eight of 30 participants (93%) completed a presimulation and postsimulation
survey with the majority (68%) reporting after the simulation that they had ongoing
feelings of incompetence related to the health care needs of transgender patients.
Conclusion
Expanded didactic lessons and simulation experiences that include transgender content
can increase comfort levels for both patient and provider as we strive to shift the
paradigm toward health care equity for all.
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