u/autisticgaymer

I'm a nurse based in Dublin and have seen a few posts of people being denied having their injections done in GP practices which SUCKS.

I would be willing to administer hormone injections for people (on the basis you have a prescription) free of charge, trans healthcare is painful enough as it is.

I have a lot experience administering Sustanon (have done my friend's every 3 weeks for the past 4 years) and some experience administering Nebido.

I'm willing to provide proof of nursing registration if requested.

I will need you to provide:
- The medication (obviously)
- Needles x2*
- Syringe**

I can provide:
- Hand sanitiser
- Gloves
- Alcohol swabs/wipes
- Sharps bin
- Plasters

*For Sustanon can be 1x 23G (blue) needle and 1x 21G (green) needle. For Nebido needs to be 2x 21G (green) needles because it's more difficult to draw up with smaller needles.
**For Sustanon: 1-2ml syringe, for Nebido: 5ml syringe.

Injections would be gluteal (in the buttock), not in the thigh.

I am willing to travel to you if I can get there by public transport (mainly Dublin area), I would prefer if I could come to you rather than you coming to mine but it can be discussed.

I am out of the country for the next few weeks but just putting out some feelers to see if this is something people need/want.

Comment/message me if you have any questions!

i am an autistic psychiatric/mental health (mh) nurse. i got diagnosed during my mh nurse training. i disclosed my diagnosis to a patient also diagnosed with autism to help build therapeutic relationship through understanding and received negative feedback from superiors for this and my disclosure was compared to previous students disclosing eating disorders to eating disorder patients (notoriously highly competitive illnesses).
i viewed my diagnosis and autism as more of a "i use the same inhaler for my asthma!" type of situation but this was clearly not viewed the same by my superiors. now, as a registered practitioner, i still worry that disclosing my autism to patients is wrong and taboo and inappropriate and could negatively impact the therapeutic relationship with patients.

my question is:
if you are an autistic person who has used mental health services, would a healthcare provider informing you that they are autistic too lead to:

- trusting the nurse less OR
- feeling the nurse isnt equipped to be in that role OR
- comparing yourself to the nurse OR
- creating a more trustful and therapeutic relationship with the nurse OR
- something else (feel free to comment thoughts/opinions)

(i am an autistic person who has also availed of mh services and know my own stance on this but would like others input)