response to Patient safety and advocacy

Response to Patient Safety and Advocacy
Student’s name
Institution
Amanda: It is crucial for a healthcare worker to be well-informed on caring for patients with sexual identity. At our institution, these are often cared for at the outpatient department of the hospital. Before admission, patients with sexual identity in the inpatient unit are scheduled for different in-service sections. This is in an effort to educate the staff on how to effectively care for them. My first encounter with such a case involved a transgender patient and it was hard for me to handle it. I had to write a post for reference purpose. The patient was a man who seeking gender transformation. As it was, he had masculine looks but desired a feminine state. Personally, this encounter was not easy. However, I have currently gained more insight. From my experience, it is clear that the inflexibility of staff belief in regards to sexual identity may lead to bias when dealing with such patients. This implies that proper training should be accorded for efficient operation.
In regards to the topic of transgender, I believe that education should not only be reserved for nurses only but everyone in the society. In the society today, there is an existing bias on individual’s who opt for a sex change. I believe this is wrong. As a society, we must be accommodative in order to ensure harmonious living. The majority of the patients I interact with at the hospital have suffered from some form of sexual abus…