INDIANAPOLIS—Trans and gender-diverse patients often face significant barriers to respectful, comprehensive healthcare. The newest title from Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) aims to infuse gender-sensitive care into healthcare and nursing curriculum. As the only book of its kind on the market, TRANSforming Nursing Education by Christine Rodriguez supplies the context to help readers understand the gaps and missteps in providing healthcare to this marginalized population and explains how providers can better treat these patients. 

This no-nonsense guide is packed with inclusive case studies, immersive simulation-based scenarios, checklists, and ready-to-use templates on everything from social transitioning to hormone therapy to surgeries and potential complications, all with thoughtful, reflective questions to guide readers in their understanding of the gender-diverse community. TRANSforming Nursing Education answers key questions about differences between sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation; how healthcare education and onboarding can be improved to better serve trans and gender-diverse patients; what binary language is and how it impacts trans and gender-diverse people; and more.

The book is available to purchase at SigmaMarketplace.org/SigmaBooks. 

TRANSforming Nursing Education: Infusing Gender-Sensitive Care Into HealthcareBy Christine Rodriguez, DNP, MDiv, MA, APRN, FNP-BC, FAAN, FNYAM 
Published by Sigma, 2025ISBN-13: 9781646480821 EPUB ISBN: 9781646480838PDF ISBN: 9781646480845 Price: US $59.95Trade paperback, 202 pagesTrim size: 7.5x9.25 in.

Christine Rodriguez, DNP, MDiv, MA, APRN, FNP-BC, FAAN, FNYAM, she/they/ella, serves as faculty and the Assistant Dean of Simulation and Clinical Innovation at Yale University School of Nursing. She is also an affiliate faculty member at the Yale Institute for Global Health. Rodriguez’s scholarly inquiry encompasses 2SLGBTQIA+ healthcare with specializations in gender-affirming care, Native and Indigenous health, innovative technologies within healthcare simulation, intersectional stigma, entheogens and human consciousness, as well as advocating for the importance of religion and spirituality in healthcare settings.

About Sigma:The Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) is a nonprofit organization with the mission of developing nurse leaders anywhere to improve healthcare everywhere. Founded in 1922, Sigma has more than 100,000 active members and 600 chapters at institutions of higher education and healthcare partners from Armenia, Australia, and Botswana to Thailand, the United States, and Wales. Sigma members include clinical nurses and administrators, academic nurse educators and researchers, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and others working to fulfill the organization’s vision of connected, empowered nurses transforming global healthcare.