THE NURSING TEAM AND THE CHALLENGES OF CARING FOR THE TRANSGENDER POPULATION IN HEALTH SERVICES

OBJECTIVE: To describe the stages and experience of constructing an instrument to guide the health team on good practices in humanized care for the transsexual population in health services.METHODOLOGY: This is a descriptive study, based on the experience of the nursing team working in the care area.RESULTS AND DISCUSSION:The experience provided evidence of the importance of Health Education actions with the aim of promoting health with excellence from the perspective of humanized care for the transgender population.It is believed that these actions should be carried out in the most diverse settings, especially in Primary Health Care, which is responsible for the entire period prior to the user's arrival at the hospital.FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: Through the actions and relationships developed with the population they serve, nurses play an essential role in developing strategies to meet the demands of the "trans" public, and discriminatory and/or repulsive acts towards these people are unacceptable.In order to avoid this, scientifically-based knowledge of how to approach and assist the "trans" population is of paramount importance, regardless of whether this knowledge is acquired during undergraduate studies and/or in preparatory and further training courses.