Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Gain familiarity with some common vocabulary used within the transgender community
2. Identify major disparities in healthcare for the transgender patient

3.Establish specific considerations with caring for transgender patients

4.Indicate strategies for health care institutions for creating a welcoming atmosphere for the transgender patient.

Faculty

Michele Johansson, MSN, RN, CEN
Nurse Educator, Daly 6B,

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.