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Cultural Competency
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Caring for the Transgender Person

Builds practical nursing skills for respectful, evidence-based, legally informed care of transgender and gender-diverse people across healthcare settings.

A registered nurse and a transgender adult patient speaking privately at eye level in a bright clinical examination room while reviewing an individualized care plan.
Contact hours
4
Format
Self-paced, online
Last reviewed
Sep 19, 2026

$20.00or included with All-Access

$5 per contact hour · 4 contact hours

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Course Purpose

Builds practical nursing skills for respectful, evidence-based, legally informed care of transgender and gender-diverse people across healthcare settings.

Continuing Education Credit Designation

This educational activity is credited for 4 contact hours at completion of the activity.

Overview

After completing this course, the nurse will be able to communicate respectfully, obtain a clinically relevant gender history, and provide preventive care based on anatomy, medications, age, and individual risk rather than assumptions. The nurse will also be able to recognize health inequities, monitor gender-affirming hormone therapy, identify complications of common surgeries, support mental health and safety, and follow current federal nondiscrimination requirements while verifying changing laws and policies.

Objectives

Upon completion of this independent study, the learner will be able to:

  1. Differentiate gender identity, gender expression, sex assigned at birth, sexual orientation, gender incongruence, and gender dysphoria.
  2. Apply affirming communication, documentation, privacy, and trauma-informed assessment practices when caring for transgender and gender-diverse patients.
  3. Identify health disparities and structural barriers that influence access, mental health, HIV risk, preventive care, and patient safety.
  4. Describe the purposes, expected effects, monitoring priorities, and major risks of feminizing and masculinizing hormone therapy.
  5. Recognize common gender-affirming surgical procedures, routine postoperative needs, and complications requiring urgent escalation.
  6. Implement anatomy-based preventive care and legally informed nursing practices without making assumptions about identity, behavior, or treatment goals.

Policy Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the policies of FastCEForLess.com. This course should be used for informational purposes only and should not be used to diagnose, treat, prescribe, recommend, or initiate therapies or treatments in any setting. This course is copyrighted by Fast CE For Less, Inc. and may not be replicated, copied, or dispersed without written consent.

Disclosures

Fast CE For Less, Inc. and its authors have no disclosures. There is no commercial support.

Who this course is for:

Healthcare professionals who want continuing education on Caring for the Transgender Person.

Course outline

11 sections · finish in any order across devices

  1. 1

    Introduction

  2. 2

    Defining Gender Identity

  3. 3

    Defining Gender Dysphoria

  4. 4

    Transgender Population Statistics

  5. 5

    Gender Identification Terminology

  6. 6

    Gender-Affirming Care

  7. 7

    Types of Hormone Replacement Therapy

  8. 8

    Surgical Interventions

  9. 9

    Federal Legislation on Transgender Rights and Healthcare

  10. 10

    Nursing Considerations

  11. 11

    Conclusion

References

The full reference list is included inside the course, after the Conclusion.

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