Stories
Hemoglobin of 5.2, no big deal
It's not like they could be actively bleeding out or anything!
Midlevel.WTF
Social Media Consults
Tests, tests, and more tests
Shotgunning labs is not an acceptable substitute for clinical acumen and an understanding of pathophysiology.
Nurse Practitioner
Endocrinology is now at your service
Perfect for the hospitalist NP who doesn't know what they're doing!
News
Remembering the unmatched: A look at the 2021 NRMP Residency Match
On March 19, 2021, the NRMP released the results of the 2021 NRMP Residency Match, the process by which senior/fourth-year medical students learn where they will be going for their residency training following a months-long application and interview season. Love it or hate it, the Match is intended to
Social Media Consults
PMHNP struggles with fundamentals
I might not be a psychiatrist, but I remember being extensively tested on bipolar disorder, depression, schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia, etc. not only during my medical school psychiatry rotation, but also on the USMLE. What does it say about the state of their education when a PMHNP needs "good tables
Nurse Practitioner
Why hire an ICU physician when you can hire a midlevel instead?
Is the kind of ICU you would want yourself or your loved one to be a patient in?
Social Media Consults
Death by a thousand cuts
Depression? Self-harm? Suicidal ideation? No big deal, let's just switch up the meds!
Social Media Consults
ST elevation, what could it mean?
Unfortunately, the patient died of a massive heart attack before someone on Facebook could respond.
Noctor
$200 for Sexual Bliss: "Doctor" Penny Lane / Eden Family Practice
It seems like with every new noctor we write about, the bar gets lower and lower. Today's feature, which comes from an anonymous tipster, is "Doctor" Penny Lane, of "Eden Family Practice" in Thorntown, Indiana. She offers "primary care to the entire family,
Noctor
"Dr." CeCe Brooks, DNP - "The Discovery Doc"
Whenever I'm feeling sad, I take out my medical school diploma and start caressing it.
Nurse Practitioner
I'm a human, not a dog
It's time to see the dogtor.
News
Betty's Law - Texas
No more children need to die needlessly at the hands of incompetent nurse practitioners.