Transgender Awareness in Nursing Education

Response week 2 primary response postOrder DescriptionThis is part two of order number 81792804 please follow the reassignment and uploaded grading Rubric as instructed in order number 81792804 to complete this assignment as indicated below:Assignment: Respond substantively in a positive manner to at least one classmates posting using suggested format (reply posting). Masters Level at least two referencesDiscussion Board RubricPOST:Student name GastonTransgender Awareness in Nursing EducationSituated learning is a form of schooling that integrates real-world conditions into the academic setting so that students are enlightened on the real-world situations they will encounter in thecomplex environments that they will be occupied. Emphasizing these real-world situations into nursing education are conducive to skill development decision making and creativity for a diversegeneration of nursing students (Billings & Halstead 2016). A topic of interest in many healthcare facilities and places of employment are the considerations to take when interacting with a gendervariant individual. This discussion will focus on the educational theory of situated learning and consider its use in the classroom to educate nursing students.Transgender Nursing StudentsA significant feature of situated learning is situation cognition fixed into the curriculum by creating learning experiences with role play simulation and scenarios that may be encountered in theclinical setting (Billings & Halstead 2016). This can relate specifically to the needs of transgender issues in colleges universities and healthcare settings. Although the literature pertainingto this issue is lacking it is gaining traction as laws and policies require nondiscrimination towards gender identity or gender expression individuals. These individuals are clearly a minorityand face risk to their health such as alienation high dropout rates physical and verbal harassment suicide and substance abuse to name a few. Nurse educators are in a dominant position toenable a transition for these human beings by ensuring that all students are in an environment that is safe and successful to everyone involved (Levesque 2015).The education community continues to create a more inclusive learning environment but most of the time gender-variant students needs are overlooked. The educational theory of situated learningprovides the educator the opportunity to create an environment for all students to be free with who they are and results in an environment that allows everyone the opportunity to learn equally(Zane 2016). Most faculty will say that they take pleasure in working with students but occasionally have interactions that are challenging or uncomfortable. Incivility is a moderate problem thatis mentioned in nursing education by both faculty and students. The goal is to set boundaries that will not tolerate violations of policy such as misconduct or annoying acts. (Billings & Halstead2016). This can be executed by the different strategies of situated learning to integrate scenarios of role playing into the classroom and hospital setting for gender-variant students and patients.Zane (2016) mentions a comment from a student that reminds students faculty and nursing staff that change must be created by learning to be comfortable with uncomfortable situations.ConclusionFaculty are empowered with the task to create an environment that is relaxed and psychologically safe while creating an atmosphere that yields student empowerment through trust and mutual respect(Billings & Halstead 2016). The educational theory of situated learning in this discussion allows for the creation of a culturally diverse climate that still aligns with recent laws policies andschools philosophies. Situated learning assists in creating healthcare curriculum for all individuals and integrating it into the daily tasks without showing pessimistic attitudes. It is anopportunity for faculty students and healthcare staff by allowing everyone the opportunity to make mistakes and acquire knowledge from it.ReferencesBillings D.M. and Halstead J.A. (Eds.). (2016). Teaching in nursing: A guide for faculty(5th ed.). St. Louis MO: ElsevierLevesque P. (2015). Meeting the Needs of the Transgender Nursing Student. Nurse Educator40(5) 244-248. doi:10.1097/NNE.0000000000000163Zane S. (2016). Supporting Transgender Students in the Classroom. Faculty Focus Higher EdTeaching Strategies from Magna Publications. Retrieved from https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-classroom-management/supporting-transgender-students-classroom/