TY - SER AU - Wichinski, Keith A. TI - Providing culturally proficient care for transgender patient SN - 0360-4039 PY - 2015/// KW - Transsexualism KW - Physical examination KW - nursing KW - Diversity training KW - Sex discrimination KW - Transgender people KW - Nursing care KW - Mental health KW - Human immunodeficiency virus N1 - Nursing N2 - Wichinski talks about the transgender community which is difficult to define and understand. Individuals who belong to this community have a clear desire to be identified with a gender that they were not born as. Transgender men feel innately that they're truly female and transgender women believe they're genuinely male. Transgender individuals experience a high prevalence of HIV, sexually transmitted infections, victimization, violence, mental health issues, and suicide ER -