Carteret Heart and Vascular: Where's the cardiologist at this "cardiology office"?

So you want to see a cardiologist? Sorry, best I can do is a nurse practitioner with five college degrees and certificates who claims to have a "focus in cardiovascular disease."

Infamous Ohio NP who falsely claimed to be a doctor now facing felony charges for illegal prescribing

If you weren't already on Santa's naughty list, you sure are now!

"Please help, thanks"

Witness the practice of Facebook psychiatry at its finest.

Elite NP looks to Facebook for a medication to treat low self-esteem

It's surprising that an NP who supposedly has 250,000 "happy clients" needs to ask dumb questions on Facebook.

You're not a resident. You're a student!

If you want to be a resident, go to medical school first and match into a residency program.

PA consults Facebook for help treating her patient's pulmonary embolism

We're going to need a thrombectomy after reading this post.

PMHNP is going to lose it if her Facebook post ends up on one of those "anti-NP" websites

Surprise: It did.

Elite NP wants an NP-to-MD/DO bridge program

For midlevel nurse practitioners, taking shortcuts is a way of life.

Elite NP would like us to look at the picture and share our thoughts

Over and over again, these sorts of idiotic Facebook consults demonstrate that the education of nurse practitioners, or lack thereof, is akin to a house built on sand - time is no substitute for the comprehensive medical knowledge, training, and experience of physicians.

A "real" PMHNP worries about the fake ones

The "real" PMHNPs? How about the real psychiatrists?

This Virginia nurse practitioner is slyer than a fox

Don't let this Fox outwit you!

Why midlevel supervision is an occupational hazard for physicians: the continued saga of Sarah Erny, DNP

As evidenced by the case of California NP Sarah Erny, midlevels are a threat to the health of their patients as well as the license and reputation of their supervising physicians.