Exam 73: Care of Transgender Patients

A client is preparing for gender reassignment surgery and will transition from male to female.The client is worried about the voice not sounding feminine enough.What action by the nurse is best?

A transgender client taking spironolactone (Aldactone)is in the internal medicine clinic reporting heart palpitations.What action by the nurse takes priority?

The nurse is teaching a transgender client about the medication goserelin (Zoladex).What action by the client indicates good understanding?

A nurse is reviewing the chart of a new client in the family medicine clinic and notes the client is identified as "George Smith." The nurse enters the room and finds a woman in a skirt.What action by the nurse is best?

A client had a vaginoplasty under epidural anesthetic.Which action by the nurse is most important?

A nurse is providing health teaching to a middle-aged male-to-female (MtF)client who has undergone gender reassignment surgery.What information is most important to this client?

After a vaginoplasty,what instruction by the nurse is most important?

A nurse works with many transgender clients.What routine monitoring is important for the nurse to facilitate in this population? (Select all that apply.)

A transgender client is taking transdermal estrogen (Climara).What assessment finding does the nurse report immediately to the provider?

A student nurse is learning about the health care needs of lesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender,and queer/questioning (LGBTQ)clients.Which terms are correctly defined? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is reviewing possible complications from a phalloplasty.What factors does the nurse include? (Select all that apply.)

A client has returned from the postanesthesia care unit after a vaginoplasty.What comfort measure does the nurse provide for this client?