Abstract
Findings from a cross-sectional survey conducted in early 2023 suggest that adult gerontology primary care and family nurse practitioner programs led by faculty members with more progressive and/or less traditional views of sex and gender may be more likely to champion the integration of gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) into their program’s curriculum. Findings from this study underscore the potential impact of faculty beliefs on the education delivered to nurse practitioner students and highlights the need to work with adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner (AGPCNP) and family nurse practitioner (FNP) program leaders to equip future primary care providers to care for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals in clinical practice.
•Care of transgender or gender diverse (TGD) individuals is increasingly recognized as an important component of NP education, but reports suggest that NPs working in primary care feel ill-equipped to care for this population in the primary care setting.•Primary care providers should be familiar with both the surgical and hormonal gender-affirming interventions routinely offered to this patient population.•Gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) was addressed in 41.9% (n = 67) of the adult-gerontology and family nurse practitioner programs represented in this study (N = 160).•Findings from this study suggest that programs led by faculty with more progressive views on sex and gender may be more likely to report the inclusion of GAHT in their program’s curriculum.