#transnurse

[angelicclinic]

𐙚 ! 𝟐𝟐𝟐 ⋅ ( 𝙼𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘 )

Hello everyone. My name is Annie.

Pronouns: she/her, shy/hyr, they/them, xe/xem, cy/cyr, ey/eym, shx/hxr, sh♡/h♡r, med/meds, angel/angels, cu/cutes, kyu/kyutes, blood/bloods, pure/pures

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‧₊˚ ☁️⋅Annie ₊˚ෆ

[transidition]

Hello there! I would love some tips for someone who is transangel as well as for a "transnurse" situation (I'm a nurse but I'm a headmate in a body who doesn't have a nurse occupation if that makes sense) @ angelicclinic is me btw!

Here you go! 🦢🪽🚑

- from the angel side, you could seek out wings from cosplay or ren faire websites, or wear clothing that is evocative of wings like flowy sleeves, a backpack/crossbody bag with wings, or a shawl. you could also get/make a halo headband or hair clip, or get a "halo" hair dye!

- if you are an angel in a religious way (if that makes sense 😅), connecting with your religion and praying as well as meditation can help you get into an angel headspace. you can also incorporate any lore about angels into your life, such as angel numbers, angel spotting phenomena, or angel signs!

- from the nurse side, you could try stereotypical nurse outfits like a nurse dress + hat or scrubs, maybe dress them up with angel themed clothes or accessories! you could also get prop or real medical equipment like bandage scissors, a stethoscope, oral thermometer, or pill bottles.

- if it's okay with the rest of your system and accessible to you, you could pursue a job in healthcare, even if it's not nursing! some more entry-level jobs include home health aide, phlebotomy, medical assisting, assorted technician roles like radiation tech, ultrasound tech, or CRNA. this could be affirming and also help with the urge to take care of others!

- you could also study anatomy or nursing textbooks if that side of nursing interests you!

- be caring and nurturing, check on your friends and family and see if there's anything you can do to help them out! you could also get a pet to take care of.

- try to be "soothing", speak in a soft and measured voice, try to stay calm in stressful situations, play soothing music, meditate.

I hope this was helpful! 👼🩺

[forsythia37]

Today one of my clinical instructors told us "If you can get through nursing school, you can truly get through anything." and I thought about all the other things that I have been through, the indescribable rawness of poverty, agonizing over trying to get by on less than $20 a week in groceries, going hungry over going homeless, the humiliation of my stomach growling during meetings, during classes, on the bus. Being homeless, most of my belongings under a tarp in someone else's backyard, then finally having a place to move them into and discovering that most of them had mildewed and would have to be thrown away anyways. Sleeping with someone almost 10 years older than me so that I would have a place to stay. Of ignoring my mother’s history of physical and emotional abuse on me because she’s the “good” parent, the safe parent, the only blood I have left. Not going to the doctor without insurance because that would mean a $190 deposit of money I didn't have, and then having to do it anyways, and having the doctor tell me, "You know, this is what we used to call Scarlet Fever," after I broke out in boils all over my chest after waiting so long to be seen. As a teenager, trading up on the promise of my body (or the actual use of my body) as a means of access to drugs, food, attention, escape. Learning to reframe my experiences as a survivor as self-advocacy, as professionalism, so that I could escape dead end jobs (warehouses and data drone, serving and tilling) to nursing, still in the service economy but with a BSN, a plan, a hope, a promise that I won’t turn out like my mother (her words, not mine). Photographing bruises left by my father, handprints, scratches, the black and blue inside my ear, the unseen inside that can’t be photographed, what is broken there stays broke, leave it in the dark room and don’t touch it unless you have to--those edges are sharp. I think of the ways in which I don’t want to define my life by trauma, but I have had to sometimes, the inch and way, the grab and hold and pull, the stepping up on shoulders that asked to hold me (and perhaps some that didn’t, too). Nursing school is not the hardest thing I’ve done, the hardest thing I’ve done is not die before 20 years old, before 25 years old, before 30. But nursing school has taught me the skills I need to make it in a world of college-educated professionals, impostor though I feel myself to be most days. I speak your language now (mostly), I know your intricacies. It’s all in how you frame things, and I’ve learned how to stretch, bend--mend.