{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F956930eb-92ec-461c-9d2f-daf2553c44ad","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"036: LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Healthcare with Shannon Whittington","description":"According to research, there are over 9 million gay people and 1.5 million trans people in America. However, the average healthcare professional in the US receives about 2 hours of LGBTQ+ education only.\u00a0\nIt is high time that healthcare providers understand their patients better.\u00a0\nIn this episode, we speak with Shannon Whittington, award-winning & certified LGBTQ+ health expert on the importance of inclusion in the workplace and in healthcare. We delve in to what it\u2019s like for LGBTQ+ people to live in a hetero-normative world and how they handle all the prejudices in families, communities, companies, and the healthcare system.\u00a0\nLGBTQ+ people have their own health disparities. It\u2019s time to start learning about them and how healthcare professionals can provide patient-centered care without stigmatization, discrimination, or demoralization.\u00a0\u00a0\nDiscrimination in health care settings endangers LGBTQ+ people\u2019s lives. This is why LGBTQ+ education and affirming LGBTQ+ people and their needs is key to building inclusion.\nTOPICS WE DISCUSSED INCLUDE:\n\nLGBTQ+ have their own disparities (4:29)\n\n28% of trans-people are rejected by healthcare professionals (5:33)\n\nLGBTQ+ community being afraid of discrimination (9:02)\n\nLegalization of same-sex marriage (9:40)\n\nHealthcare professionals give so much of themselves to their patients (10:45)\n\nDoing things that fill you up (11:50)\n\nImportance of quality sleep (12:00)\n\nIt\u2019s okay to do nothing (13:10)\n\nCelebrate you (15:40)\n\nImportance of self-care for healthcare providers (21:20)\n\nBeing in a constant state of learning (26:00)\n\nNever stop learning (27:07)\n\nBig, audacious goal (28:40)\n\nNurses\u2019 mental health is suffering (30:00)\n\nBeing client and patient-centered (32:14)\n\nNurses are burning out (33:05)\n\nIt is normal to be scared of the unknown (35:52)\n\nThe importance of hydration (37:10)\n\nNon-binary people (39:00)\n\nPronouns are so important (39:40)\n\nCaring for the LGBTQ+ community (41:52)\n\nNormalizing pronouns (40:19)\n\nNo right or wrong answer when choosing your pronouns (42:59)\n\n\nCONNECT WITH SHANNON WHITTINGTON\nwhittingtonconsulting.com\nConnect with Shannon on LinkedIn\nSubscribe to Shannon\u2019s YouTube Channel\n\nCONNECT WITH ELAINA MULLERY\nHappyNurse.com.au\nConnect with me on Instagram and Facebook\nConnect with me on LinkedIn\nSubscribe to my Youtube channel","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/b827b162-2036-49df-b605-2e1331117c8b/2-podcast-image-1.jpg"}