An algorithm that learned from tens of thousands of nutrition prescriptions for premature babies could reduce medical errors and better identify what nutrients the smallest patients need.
There was a time when nurses and doctors said “flid” and “spastic” too.
Using a “cute” abbreviation of a technical term is, at the very least, condescending and at worst, a term that very quickly becomes used to bully people with specific outward appearances caused by medical conditions.
I worked in a hospital for over 10 years. Nurses and docs use the word preemie as well. I don’t think it’s the slur that you think it is.
There was a time when nurses and doctors said “flid” and “spastic” too.
Using a “cute” abbreviation of a technical term is, at the very least, condescending and at worst, a term that very quickly becomes used to bully people with specific outward appearances caused by medical conditions.