Nurse Practitioner
Pompous PMHNP cries about salary
Go to medical school, complete a residency, and you too can get a physician salary!
Nurse Practitioner
"Physician-founded" scrubs company Jaanuu features a "Doctor" in its latest ad
Call a spade a spade, and this "family primary care provider" for what he is - a midlevel, non-physician-provider.
News
White Karen NP goes berserk on pregnant black patient who wanted a work note
In the post-Roe v. Wade landscape of an America that has historically marginalized minority patients in healthcare, the mistreatment of black patients like Jillian by white midlevel nurse practitioners like Theresa Smigo cannot go unexcused or unpunished.
News
Texas physician assistant arrested for unlawfully practicing medicine
This rogue midlevel allegedly used the identities of other physicians and medical personnel to conceal his continued practice of medicine even though his PA license was suspended.
Physician Assistant
Physician assistant compares PPP president to a Nazi war criminal
If your argument relies on comparing someone to a Nazi like Josef Mengele, you're just an asshole with zero credibility.
Stories
Epilepsy patient and former phlebotomist recounts her mismanagement by a neurology NP
An unsupervised nurse practitioner's negligence results in disastrous consequences for an epilepsy patient, including loss of her job and a trip to the ER for status epilepticus.
Stories
Urgent care NP missed the diagnosis on myself, a pharmacist
A midlevel nurse practitioner's failure to recognize a classic textbook diagnosis results in unnecessary suffering for a patient.
Stories
Dumb and Dumber: PMHNP student edition
NP programs should require their students to take an IQ test before admission so that they don't become the laughingstock of healthcare.
Stories
Liar, liar, pants on fire: PMHNP student edition
This story from an NP group on Facebook provides a valuable glimpse into the types of bottom-feeding scum being accepted into NP schools these days.
Social Media Consults
Cut out the middleman and consult Facebook yourself!
If you really need all the help you can get, then maybe you should see a residency-trained, board-certified physician.
News
Georgia NP sentenced to prison for complex telemedicine fraud scheme
Fraudulent orders included a knee brace for a leg amputee.
Stories
By all means, try intubating a preemie 11 times
Sadly, the proliferation of incompetent midlevels in neonatal ICUs, particularly neonatal nurse practitioners, is all too common these days.