Nursing Care for Gender-Diverse Populations

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The RNAO guideline recommends using this simple practice at the beginning of all client interactions to create a more inclusive environment.

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This health system barrier includes EMR limitations, billing issues, and conflicts between providers with differing values or biases.

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What percentage of the Canadian population is gender-diverse?

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The AFFIRM framework calls for this type of care team, combining primary care, mental healthcare, and peer navigation in one example.

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This subtle yet harmful practice involves healthcare providers using their authority to minimize or dismiss a patient’s symptoms or concerns, often rooted in bias.

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Respecting patient autonomy is an aspect of this way of knowing.

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According to Meyers’ Minority Stress Theory (2003), what type of stressor involves prejudicial events, including acts of discrimination or violence?

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This CNO competency involves consistently demonstrating integrity, accountability, and ethical behaviour in all interactions  even when no one is watching.

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Our beliefs, assumptions, and past experiences with TGD people can all influence this way of knowing.

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This type of bias, which is often unconscious, was noted to be a root cause for mistreatment and misdiagnosis in clinical encounters.

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Within six months of starting this treatment, many patients may experience cessation of menstruation.

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What are the 6 domains of the AFFIRM framework?

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Transgender individuals who received this form of medical intervention reported significantly lower levels of suicidal ideation and psychological distress compared to those who desired it but had not yet accessed it.

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The AFFIRM framework can be used to further the understanding of this way of knowing.

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Using this way of knowing can help healthcare staff connect with their TGD patients and address the “retains patients in care” need of the AFFIRM framework.

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