Stories Psych NP refuses to ask a physician for help You get a pysch drug! You get a psych drug! Everybody gets a psych drug!
Social Media Consults Who needs medicine when you can just treat everything with an IV? Nurse practitioner = naturopathic practitioner?
Nurse Practitioner Meningitis, watered down for midlevels Diseases don't adjust their severity based on your lack of knowledge about them.
Social Media Consults NP wants to know about treating COVID with experimental drug At least she's not asking about hydroxychloroquine.
Social Media Consults Internal Medicine NP is confused about insulin Diabetes is to Internal Medicine as "completely inadequate education" is to midlevels.
Social Media Consults No big deal, it's just poison ivy Hopefully her friend's foot doesn't fall off before she gets some answers from Facebook.
Nurse Practitioner Psychiatry NP turns teenager into walking pharmacy There's not enough time in a day to take all those pills.
Social Media Consults "How do you treat this?" Endocrinology 101 I guess they don't teach how the hypothalamic–pituitary–thyroid axis works in online NP school!
Social Media Consults NP consults other Facebook NPs for insight into aortic dissection It's not like aortic dissection can kill you or anything.
Social Media Consults Guidelines exist for a reason "How to manage type 2 diabetes" is not something that should be up for debate in 2021.
News Washington State wants to reimburse midlevel NPs at the same rate as physicians?! Medicine is not a participation trophy.
Stories It happened to my father An unexplained blood pressure of 89/58 is just "dehydration", according to the NP that took care of this person's father.
Social Media Consults NP has run out of ideas, consults Facebook for help PMH NP needs some help from the hive mind.
Social Media Consults Featured Karen NP cancels group member after she suggests to "discuss it with a MD" Midlevel Karen has no chill.
Social Media Consults The practice of medicine isn't an algorithm "Am I missing anything?" Yes, yes you are.
Social Media Consults Featured Nurse practitioner asks Facebook about PrEP for HIV prevention I'm sorry, is this supposed to be an actual question?
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News Biased Medscape article attempts to paint false equivalency between physicians and nurse practitioners using cherry-picked studies Independent NPs: What’s the Evidence?As more states change scope-of-practice laws to allow nurse practitioners to practice independently, what does the evidence on health outcomes show?MedscapeChristina Bennett "...the quality of care is largely equivalent [between patients seen by NPs and physicians]!" the article exhorts. Let's take a closer
Social Media Consults Psychiatric-Mental Health NP consults Facebook for help with antidepressants There's a reason why physicians specializing in psychiatry complete a four-year residency. In addition to learning how to diagnose, work up, and manage psychiatric diseases, psychiatrists (as with any other physician in any other specialty) gain the awareness to differentiate between what they know and don't know, and how to
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Noctor "Dr." Seth Osgood GrassRoots Functional Medicine - VT, NH, TX, OR, FLDr. Seth Osgood treats the underlying causes of chronic disease at Functional Medicine clinics in New Hampshire, Vermont, Texas, Oregon, and Florida.GrassRoots Functional MedicineTyler T. With a spiffy sweater and a stethoscope around his neck, if you were a layperson checking
Social Media Consults Kill patients first, learn medicine later 675 clinical hours and it's off to work in the cardiovascular ICU.
News AAEM/RSA Releases Statement of Concern about the imploding EM physician job market due to proliferation of midlevel NPs and PAs AAEM/RSA Statement of Concern for Graduating EM Residents and the Current Job Market | AAEM Resident and Student AssociationThe American Academy of Emergency Medicine Resident and Student Association (AAEM/RSA) is a non-profit professional association for emergency medicine residents and medical students.AAEM/RSA - AAEM Resident and Student Association
CRNA There is no such a thing as a nurse anesthesiologist > Same reason we say: “Nurse Anesthesiologist” Except we must work 100% harder for 70% of the credit and 50% of the pay https://t.co/nu09atdc2x — Dr. J.DeLoz, DNAP🇺🇸 (@JoshDeloz) January 28, 2021 [https://twitter.com/JoshDeloz/status/1354749600549187588?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Anyone who feels the need to