Discuss hormone therapy to treat gender dysphoria

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Aspen Ambong, a 17-year-old transgender female client who likes to be referred to as she/her, and she presents to the clinic to discuss hormone therapy to treat gender dysphoria. She has been taking a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist since age 10 (Tanner stage 2) to block the effects of male puberty. Since she has passed age 16, she wants to receive gender-affirming hormone therapy to promote the development of female physical characteristics. The NP's physical assessment is unremarkable. The NP begins conversations with the client to determine appropriate hormone therapy. The client states she does not want to administer medications daily.

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