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- Title
Transgender Students: Advocacy, Care, and Support Opportunities for School Nurses.
- Authors
Menkin, Dane; Flores, Dalmacio Dennis
- Abstract
Transgender individuals are disproportionately affected by negative mental and sexual health outcomes. School nurses have prime opportunities to combat these outcomes through affirming nursing care, especially when transgender students are socially transitioning. Examples of affirming practice include recognizing students' gender-affirming names, using their pronouns, ensuring safe locker rooms, advocating for student's clothing choices, stopping bullying and harassment, and refraining from making assumptions about their transgender students' sexual orientation. Through inclusive care directly provided to transgender children, school nurses can also be instrumental in ushering an affirming environment for all.
- Subjects
BULLYING prevention; ATTITUDE (Psychology); GENDER identity; GENDER dysphoria; GROUP identity; HEALTH services accessibility; HEALTH status indicators; EVALUATION of medical care; NURSES; STUDENTS; LEGAL status of LGBTQ+ people; TRANSGENDER people; OCCUPATIONAL roles; SOCIAL support; SELF advocacy; NATIONAL Association of School Nurses (U.S.)
- Publication
NASN School Nurse, 2019, Vol 34, Issue 3, p173
- ISSN
1942-602X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1942602X18801938