Stories Ski town NP unaware of indications for surgical referral for clavicle fracture Originally posted on Reddit [https://www.reddit.com/r/Noctor/comments/nkshto/ski_town_np_unaware_of_indications_for_surgical/] Long before I ever was aware of the problems with mid-level education and practice, I had my own run-in with a poorly trained NP. This was back about 20 years
Stories A tale of three midlevel mistakes in the ED Anonymous emergency physician submission I’ve made it a priority to see every NP/PA patient, even at the expense of picking up new patients of my own. In the past month I’ve caught the following errors: 1. Patient with known posterior compartment injury of the thigh, recently discharged
Stories My experience as an M1 patient of an NP Re-shared from Reddit [https://www.reddit.com/r/Residency/comments/my0qtt/my_experience_as_an_m1_patient_of_an_np/] This may be long, so I apologize. I just felt like I needed to tell this story and felt this page was the most appropriate. For about the past year
Stories The ED is not an appropriate place for unsupervised midlevels: a patient perspective A story of a post-op wound check gone wrong, thanks to a PA's mismanagement.
Stories Thanks for nothing, PA Anonymous patient submission I went to an urgent care clinic to get something cardiovascular checked out. I also had a big lump on my shin so I already had an appointment with an orthopod the next day for that issue. I was seen by a young PA. After the cardiovascular
Stories My run-in with a nurse practitioner at the ER Anonymous Reddit submission [https://www.reddit.com/r/Noctor/comments/mqcbcm/my_runin_with_a_nurse_practitioner_at_the_er/] I wanted to share my experience with a nurse practitioner at the ER last week. She came in with no badge visible and I called her “doctor”. She didn’t
Stories NP doesn’t understand how urine cultures work Tell the bacteria to grow faster, or NP Karen will not be pleased!
Stories I feel like I was duped... Originally posted on Reddit [https://www.reddit.com/r/Noctor/comments/mmymov/i_feel_like_i_was_duped/]. Lightly edited for grammar and clarity. A short background: I graduated as a biology major in 2015, worked as an outpatient surgical assistant through 2019, then went to get my BSN, RN.
Stories Orange-flavored scalp staples Anonymous submission (emergency physician) EM here. So the hospital was trying to hire a new midlevel one day. They found a family medicine NP who had a few orientation shifts. The NP staffed a patient with me as "patient came in with a headache. It's moderate. Also doesn't complain of
Stories Do NPs Really Get Enough Training? Originally posted on Reddit [https://www.reddit.com/r/nursepractitioner/comments/d6ur73/do_nps_really_get_enough_training/] I’ve been an NP for almost 5 years and was a nurse for 5 years before that. Nearly all of my experience has been in the outpatient setting, community health centers
Stories "Why do they keep coming back?" It doesn't take long for a second-year medical student to figure out what an FNP can't.
Stories Coffee break during rounds These nurse practitioners have absolutely no sense of shame, just like they have absolutely no regard for their own patients.
Stories Hemoglobin of 5.2, no big deal It's not like they could be actively bleeding out or anything!
News Betty's Law - Texas No more children need to die needlessly at the hands of incompetent nurse practitioners.
Nurse Practitioner Thyroid storm So much fail, indeed. How do you jump from palpitations in what sounds like an otherwise healthy patient with normal vital signs to thyroid storm? Does this NP even know what thyroid storm is? Clearly, the answer is no. I'm no endocrinologist, but I paid enough attention in medical school
Stories NPs say the darnedest things Originally posted on Reddit [https://www.reddit.com/r/Noctor/comments/m1ac4q/nps_say_the_darndest_things/] I'm a third-year medical student and these are actual things I've heard the NPs I've worked with say over the course of the year. Bare in mind all of these people are in
Stories Vent mismanagement This patient would have died if there wasn't an ER physician around to clean up this "ICU" NP's mess.
Stories Overstepping FNP student gets put in her place Openly contradict your attending in front of a patient? Bad, bad idea.
Stories How frustrating it is to work with Psychiatric NPs Originally posted on Reddit [https://www.reddit.com/r/Noctor/comments/lw3055/how_frustrating_it_is_to_work_with_psychiatric_nps/] by u/cmarie22345 I’m a clinical social worker and provide therapy and evaluations to children and adolescents. All of my clients are on some sort of medication...they’
News Nurse practitioner fails to diagnose sepsis, patient dies University student, 19, died from sepsisToby Hudson was unable to speak to a doctor in Weymouth due to a faulty phone system and eventually gave up and decided to try again the next day.Mail OnlineFaith Ridler Here's a tragic and fatal case of midlevel incompetence and malpractice from across
Nurse Practitioner Putting the "nurse" in nurse practitioner Nurse practitioner: nursing experience sold separately.
Stories Senior resident getting blamed for APRN vanishing > Senior resident getting blamed for APRN vanishing [https://www.reddit.com/r/Residency/comments/lkpyfy/senior_resident_getting_blamed_for_aprn_vanishing/] from r/Residency [http://www.reddit.com/r/Residency] What a load of bullshit. This story is infuriating, not only for the midlevel APRN's laziness and lack of
Stories Nurse Practitioner completely ignores desperate pleas for help NP thinks sleep is the treatment for depression