A transexualidade no processo de ensino e aprendizagem: discurso dos docentes de enfermagem.

Abstract

Academic training in nursing is an extremely important process for students, as they will learn daily about various subjects and this will reflect on what their professional life will be like. Within numerous themes, it is important to work with and understand sexual and gender minorities, especially the transsexual population. Sexual and gender minorities are known to be an excluded public and discriminated against by society for not being part of heteronormativity, such as transsexuality, which brings as a concept the non-recognition with the gender of their birth, thus accepting the transformation into the opposite sex, in which identification is already available, and methods such as hormones or surgery can be used. It is known that it is of great importance that health professionals have the knowledge to work directly with transgender people, with a view to performing procedures, as well as for sensitive and comprehensive care. Therefore, this research aimed to analyze the discourses of nursing professors about transsexuality in their teaching and learning process. This is a descriptive research with a qualitative approach developed with nursing professors from the Academic Nursing Unit of the Federal University of Campina Grande, in the city of Cajazeiras-PB. The research started after approval by the Research Ethics Committee, under opinion No. 5,258,839. Data collection was carried out through a semi-structured interview, followed by transcription and data analysis through the Collective Subject Discourse by Lefèvre and Lefèvre, obtaining four themes and eight central ideas. All procedures performed in this research were guided by Resolution No. 466/12 of the National Health Council. The results found show the teachers' lack of knowledge about the concept of sexual and gender minorities, inexperience and ignorance about the trans population and its public policies, gaps in the curriculum and facilities for implementing the theme and care aimed at the population with an emphasis on reception. Finally, it was understood the need to develop new studies on the subject, as well as courses and projects aimed at teachers and students, to generate improvement in academic training and thus promote quality, comprehensive and sensitive care for trans people.