title: Transgender Health Care for Nurses: An Innovative Approach to Diversifying Nursing Curricula to Address Health Inequities.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Transgender people experience high rates of discrimination in health care settings, which is linked to decreases in physical and mental wellness. By increasing the number of nurses who are trained to deliver high-quality care to transgender patients, health inequities associated with provider discrimination can be mitigated. At present, baccalaureate nursing curricula do not adequately prepare nurses to care for transgender people, which is a shortcoming that has been attributed to limited teaching time and lack of guidance regarding new topics.
  
  
  METHODS
  We developed transgender health content for students in a baccalaureate nursing program and used a student-faculty partnership model to integrate new content into the curriculum.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We incorporated new transgender health content into five required courses over three semesters.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We mitigated common barriers to developing and integrating new, diversity-related topics into a baccalaureate nursing curriculum. Added transgender health content was well received by students and faculty. [J Nurs Educ. 2016;55(8):476-479.].
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McDowell
authors.forename: Kelly M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Bower
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D062985:Health Services for Transgender Persons; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D015397:Program Evaluation; D063106:Transgender Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D005260:Female