Fast Facts about LGBTQ+ Care for Nurses

How to Deliver Culturally Competent and Inclusive Care

Tyler Traister
Springer Publishing
200 pages
ISBN: ‎978-0826161512
October 2021

This pivotal resource—the first written specifically for nurses—focuses on the unique health needs and inequities affecting LGBTQ+ patients and discusses how to provide them with safe, respectful, and holistic care. Written in an easy-access bulleted format with concise paragraphs, this book sets the stage by examining the background and history of the LGBTQ+ population and focusing on the health disparities that set them apart. It addresses the nursing implications and care of LGBTQ+ patients in all practice settings, highlighting transgender medical, surgical, and mental health.