Anthony Velasco
@AnthonyTheNP
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Director of Gender Health @DAPHealth • Nurse Practitioner • PhD Candidate @NursingCU • Stigma & Trans Health Researcher • he/they/siya • Views are my own
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My new doormat: All are welcome here. 🏳️🌈
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Nurses are the most trusted profession years in a row, yet you don’t trust us when we say we are tired, understaffed, and underpaid.
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A trauma-informed approach is critical especially when performing procedures like a pelvic exam. A thread. 🧵
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Stop glorifying resilience when we should be abolishing oppressive structures that forces us to be resilient in the first place.
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Sexual 👏🏼 orientation 👏🏼 and 👏🏼 gender 👏🏼 identity 👏🏼 are 👏🏼 not 👏🏼 the 👏🏼 same
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I was today’s old when I learned that the little piggy who “went to market” did not go for grocery shopping. 🔪🥓
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When NPs and PAs were referred as “Midlevels” during a meeting today, my Associate Chief Medical Officer corrected the speaker and said, “We don’t use the term here. They are called NPs and PAs.” That’s the kind of support and leadership we need.
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6. Pelvic exam is not only for women. Some men and other gender-diverse people who were assigned female at birth needs pelvic exam too. Ask them what terms they use for their body part, and use those terms.
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I’ve been sexually assaulted, verbally abused, and physically harmed multiple times at work. Nursing is one of the most dangerous jobs there is, and some of y’all still treat nurses as trash.
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1. Empower patients by reassuring them that we could stop the procedure at anytime.
2. Encourage them to bring another person, listen to music, watch shows, or other activities that makes them feel at ease during the procedure.
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7. Explain the importance of preventative care and the purpose of procedures like a pelvic exam. We must empower patients to be active participants in their care. ❤️
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3. Language is important. Don’t use words like “open up your legs” or “bed” (it is an exam table).
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4. Verbalize what you are seeing and what you are doing to keep them aware of what is going on and what you are about to perform.
5. Have them feel the speculum (might be cool to touch) and hear the clicking sound before using it so they are aware of what to expect.
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Lost some followers after tweeting this. But I said what I said. Abortion care is health care.
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Nurses are exhausted.
Nurses are pissed.
Get vaccinated.
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5. Anxiolytics can be helpful for some. But some patients may not like it as they may feel like they are not in full control when on these meds. Have a conversation about anxiolytics for pelvic exams before using them.
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Is carrot cake an appropriate breakfast food? I’m asking for me.
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Just a quick reminder that patients are the experts of their lived experiences.
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I was at the post office this morning when the person at the counter, after seeing on my scrubs that I’m an NP, asked, “Do you work for a doctor?”.
I smiled, and said, “No. I don’t work for a doctor. I work for my patients.”
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Y’all better tell Beyoncé not to use the term “residency”. 🙃
Beyoncé is reportedly being eyed to do a Las Vegas residency at the Sphere after U2’s run at the music venue early next year.
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My nurse insisted to take my “First Day of School” photo before I left the clinic today. 😂
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I wear this pin at work. It’s a simple but impactful way of creating solidarity and community. Share with me ways you create safe spaces for LGBTQ+ people?
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This should be very basic, but some people needs to be reminded: Believe your patients.
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Just a quick reminder that gay people exists outside of HIV care.
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Good morning! Just a quick reminder that it’s pronouns and not “preferred pronouns”.
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As a firstgen, queer, immigrant, I am incredibly proud to share that I successfully completed my first year as a PhD student.
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My parents didn’t grow up with a lot of things. So this past Christmas, I decided to buy my parents several presents. Today, one of my dad’s presents finally came in the mail! Look at his expression when he saw what was inside the package! The joy! I’m crying y’all! 😭
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I just got awarded an Early Dean’s Scholarship AND a Dean’s PhD Award via Zoom 😭
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Stop infantilizing new grad nurses. Unless they work in the NICU or with actual babies, they are not “baby nurses”. While they don’t have a lot of nursing experience yet, acknowledge that they bring lived experience, knowledge, and skills to the profession.
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The first long-acting injectable HIV medication, Cabenuva, was just FDA approved for 2 month dosing (moving from monthly dosing)!
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The first thing the person sitting next to me on my flight back to Palm Springs was, “Do you have AIDS or monkey pox?” When I refused to engage with him, he decided to change seats. Still shaking trying to comprehend what just happened. 🥴
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It’s so exhausting defending the NP profession from physicians who will never respect my important role in health care. So instead of wasting emotional energy on this, I’ve decided to just use it to work hard, continue to grow each day, & continue to advocate for my patients.
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Haven’t called in sick since the pandemic started, but it has finally happened. COVID negative test this morning, but I feel like I’ve been ran over by a truck. Send pics of your furry friends. ❤️
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When asked who they would recommend as an HIV primary care provider, one of the most respected infectious diseases experts in my region recommended me. 😭
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Approximately 20% of all nurses in California are Filipino, yet never in my entire undergraduate or graduate schooling in California that I ever had a Filipino professor. It wasn’t until I started my PhD program in Colorado that I had my very first Filipino professor.
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I was punched, sexually assaulted, and was told “I don’t want your gay germs on me”. These are just some of the abuses I’ve experienced working as a nurse, and I consider myself lucky compared to the abuses my colleagues have received. This is reality for nurses.
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Let me say it one more time, especially for the people in the back...
Sexual 👏🏼 orientation 👏🏼 and 👏🏼 gender 👏🏼 identity 👏🏼 are 👏🏼 not 👏🏼 the 👏🏼 same
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Greater than receiving the Stonewall Humanitarian Award is being called an ally by the trans and gender-diverse community I serve. It is important to continuously strive for allyship through actions and not just words.
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You know who I need to see more of in media talking about COVID? Nurses, psychologists, social workers, etc. COVID has touched our lives in complicated ways, and experts in these disciplines should be amplified to inform the public.
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The ibuprofen and Prevacid on my bedside table can confirm that I am indeed 35.
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Apparently, less than 50% of funded researchers by the National Institute of Nursing Research are nurses. 🙃
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Throughout my nursing education, I've read so many Advances in Nursing Science articles. And today, this queer nurse of color can proudly say that I, too, have published in ANS! Today is a professional milestone for me, y’all! 😭
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Yesterday, I was told that I should “stop stirring the pot” by questioning structural racism, sexism, and transmisogyny that exist in society. So now, imma need all your help to decide which one I should use today?
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Today was a good day: paid off one of my student loans, got connected to the CNO of the largest local hospital org for future collabs, got asked to guest lecture at UPenn this spring semester, and received my second vaccine dose! ❤️
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One of the several things I learned from being in an abusive relationship almost a decade ago is to never ask “why didn’t you just leave”.
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An aunt just sent me a very long message full of conspiracy theories after seeing my picture on social media getting my COVID vaccine. The message involved microchips, the devil, and papayas. I kid you not. It involved papayas. 🤦🏻♂️
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I walked in my office to this! My team is the best! 😭❤️
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Furniture arrived today! My new place is finally coming along! 🥰
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My clinic just announced that we will be providing free STI screening and treatment, and PrEP and PEP services!
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I aspire to be the same level of extra as my aunt who I just found is a vlogger in the Philippines, with a sizable following. Same aunt who had a debut (Filipinx equivalent of quinceñera) two years ago when she turned 60.
And yes, she wore a tiara. 😂
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Behind my mask is a beaming smile—this is the joy I felt after volunteering to give vaccines today.
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Last week, I emailed my CEO about the need to prepare future clinicians in caring for LGBTQ+ folx. Today, he emailed me giving me the go signal to business plan on an LGBTQ+ residency program for nurse practitioners!
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Was surprised to see myself on NBC this morning! 😂 Super happy to represent nurses! ❤️
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Today, on their 10th year anniversary, my bestfriend and his partner finally tied the knot! 😍
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I received an amazing news this morning from the Office of Research and Scholarship! 😭
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@yomattyu
Eh di dagdagan nya ng stigma yung mga may depression. That’s why so many people are hesitant to seek mental health care dahil sa mga ganyang statements. 🤦🏻♂️
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Raise your hand if you weren’t active on Twitter pre-COVID then you found how amazing Twitter people are — and now you can’t stop Tweeting. 😬
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Today is National Trans HIV Testing Day. Let’s be reminded that while trans people, especially trans women of color, are disproportionally affected by HIV, gender identity is NOT what places them at risk. Structural racism, transmisogyny, & SDoH does.
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White gays going to Puerto Vallarta to party during the pandemic is giving off strong colonizer energy. 😒
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Yesterday, I became a PhD candidate! So grateful for my committee members for their mentorship and support! I couldn’t wait for the next part of my PhD journey!
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From a son of a father who has cancer and is immunocompromised: if you have COVID, please stay home.
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Was surprised today with flowers, a birthday cake, and chocolates from my coworkers! 😭
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