junø @juno@pixie.town

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Healthcare workers - please don’t call a patient “sweetie” “baby” “cutie” or any similar adjective. It’s inappropriate.

Treat female presenting patients the same way you would treat male ones.

If you’re concerned about abuse - ask in private AFTER patient is stabilized.

recently shared an example of a nurse calling me “sweetie” and asking if I was fighting with my boyfriend.

I had lost consciousness, had a heart rate of 180 and NO signs of abuse. I was also alone.

I needed an immediate EKG & stabilization

It was inappropriate and made me question the quality of care I would receive.

That said - HCWs play a vital role in protecting victims of abuse.

I have absolutely no issue with asking a patient if they’re being hurt, in danger etc.

believe it should be after emergent issue has been treated - and you shouldn’t use patronizing language while doing it.

The nurse treating me wasn’t concerned about abuse. She was downplaying my condition & gaslighting me.

Something disabled patients deal with too often.

The same goes for patients requesting their HCWs mask (or showing up in a mask themselves).

Don’t say “aww are you scared about Covid? Anxious about getting sick?”

Just put on a mask. It won’t harm you. It shows you understand the science & value patient safety.

I’m fed up with the ableist, misogynistic and patriarchal attitudes we have to deal with to access life saving care.

I will continue to share these stories in the hopes they help people think differently about how they treat patients. We deserve better.

For more on the misogynistic and patriarchal attitudes I’ve faced trying to access healthcare - I wrote two articles about my reproductive struggles. From being told pregnancy would likely kill me but I “might meet a man who wants kids”… to needing an emergency hysterectomy and having a post operative complication ignored until a MAN demanded they run tests. It’s bleak … but these aren’t isolated incidents. Ask almost any woman and she will have stories of her own.

“You might meet a man who wants kids” article: https://www.disabledginger.com/p/pregnancy-will-likely-kill-you-but

Post hysterectomy complication article: https://www.disabledginger.com/p/my-most-dangerous-er-experience-and?utm_campaign=post

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