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Vote NO on Michigan HB 4359
Vote NO on Michigan's House Bill 4359 that allows CRNAs to practice independently without physician supervision.
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Noctor
Get high with the Marijuana Doctor
This one had us chortling for a good while. The Marijuana Doctor? If you were hoping for an actual doctor, i.e. a physician, you're out of luck. Marijuana Doctor Nerfis Elminowski joins the ever-increasing ranks of Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree holders (ab)using their "
Nurse Practitioner
NP student: 7,500 hours spent as a nurse is all you need for independent practice!
Repeat after me: nursing is not medicine.
Noctor
Nurse practitioner achieves peak capitalism
Note: It has come to our attention that as of 02/26/2021, the fastpsycharizona.com website has been taken down and replaced with a "Not Found" page. However, the site as it originally appeared is still viewable on archive.vn. Fast Psych Arizona...oh great, who doesn&
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Utah PA and AAPA exploit death of physician to push for independent practice
How can an organization demonstrating this kind of opportunistic behavior claim to stand for team-based, patient-centered healthcare?
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Asking the wrong question
"Can peptides increase PSA?" Hmm...if you need to ask if something could be a side effect of the medication you're prescribing, you probably shouldn't be prescribing that medication. More concerningly, though, there doesn't seem to be any concern for that other
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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
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The VA Nurse Practitioner "Residency"
Welcome to the VA's perverted idea of what residency is.
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Why don't we have both?
Next-level nurse practitioner pharmacology.
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We're sending midlevels to outer space now?
29-Year-Old St. Jude PA, Cancer Survivor Chosen for First All-Civilian Space Trip Aboard SpaceXHayley Arceneaux of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis is headed to space — here’s how you can get a chance to join herPEOPLE.comJason Duaine Hahn I'm really happy for this woman
Nurse Practitioner
Brilliant questions from Kahlil Demonbreun, DNP, RNC-OB, WHNP-BC, ANP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
Not so brilliant after all.
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There is a fracture, I need to fix it
I've got a bone to pick with anyone who thinks they can jump straight from orthopedics to family medicine.