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NP consults other Facebook NPs for insight into aortic dissection
It's not like aortic dissection can kill you or anything.
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Guidelines exist for a reason
"How to manage type 2 diabetes" is not something that should be up for debate in 2021.
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Washington State wants to reimburse midlevel NPs at the same rate as physicians?!
Medicine is not a participation trophy.
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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.
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NP has run out of ideas, consults Facebook for help
PMH NP needs some help from the hive mind.
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Karen NP cancels group member after she suggests to "discuss it with a MD"
Midlevel Karen has no chill.
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The practice of medicine isn't an algorithm
"Am I missing anything?" Yes, yes you are.
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Nurse practitioner asks Facebook about PrEP for HIV prevention
I'm sorry, is this supposed to be an actual question?
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Gastroenterology NP asks Facebook how to do her job
Quick, someone tell me!
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Support physician-led care in Mississippi: vote no to HB 1303
Physician-led, team-based care matters to Mississippians. Every Mississippian deserves the highest and safest level of healthcare possible. Vote NO to HB 1303. #MedicalSchoolMatters #PhysicianLedTeamCare pic.twitter.com/kcKudpXYIx — MS State Med Assn (@MSMA1) January 30, 2021
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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'
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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