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Kill patients first, learn medicine later
675 clinical hours and it's off to work in the cardiovascular ICU.
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AAEM/RSA Releases Statement of Concern about the imploding EM physician job market due to proliferation of midlevel NPs and PAs
AAEM/RSA Statement of Concern for Graduating EM Residents and the Current Job Market | AAEM Resident and Student AssociationThe American Academy of Emergency Medicine Resident and Student Association (AAEM/RSA) is a non-profit professional association for emergency medicine residents and medical students.AAEM/RSA - AAEM Resident and Student Association
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There is no such a thing as a nurse anesthesiologist
Same reason we say: โNurse Anesthesiologistโ Except we must work 100% harder for 70% of the credit and 50% of the pay https://t.co/nu09atdc2x โ Dr. J.DeLoz, DNAP๐บ๐ธ (@JoshDeloz) January 28, 2021 Anyone who feels the need to prefix the term "anesthesiologist" with "nurse"
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The casualties of cost-cutting: rookie CRNA midlevel in charge of colonoscopy case that went horribly wrong
Beaumont Health and NorthStar (DeathStar?) Anesthesia clearly have their priorities straight.
"The best NP preceptor is one you can find"
NPs recommend to just get clinical hours; quality education doesnโt seem to matter. ๐ข #NurseTwitter #MedTwitter #NPsLead pic.twitter.com/r3WhwrCiSK โ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ก๐ (@RayneKThomanRN) January 28, 2021 This marvelous Facebook post along with its comment section pretty much sums up everything wrong with NP (and DNP) education today, doesn't it?
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AAFP objects to VA's interim rule permitting midlevels to practice unsupervised
AAFP Sees Harms to Team-based Care in VA Interim Final RuleThe AAFP and other medical societies this month urged the Department of Veterans Affairs to rescind an interim final rule that would decrease the standard of care for U.S. veterans. https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/workforce/
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"Dr." Monica Roundtree
Another example of a NP "noctor", this time in Florida, taking full advantage of the state's recently-passed "full practice authority" statue. Just because you have a DNP doesn't mean that you can present yourself as a doctor to patients, a term that
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Online, quick and reasonable fee: the "Doctorate" of Nursing Practice
Online, quick, and resonable (sic) fee? Why not get all three and do a DNP? This post pretty much sums up the "Doctorate of Nursing Practice" degree's fluff and lack of rigor in a nutshell. If you think a one-year program is comprehensive or rigorous enough
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"Dr." Cynthia McNeill, Ph.D., MBA, FNP-C
Website Here we have another example of a midlevel nurse practitioner being blatantly misrepresented as a doctor in a clinical context. Cynthia McNeill's "doctorate" in "Human Services" comes from Capella University, another fine and reputable for-profit institution known for its rigorous online coursework /s.
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"Dr." Katina Davis-Kennedy
Because University of Phoenix + FNP = Doctor.
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NP worries more about billing and reimbursement than what's wrong with the patient
Wow, OK...where do we start with this one? 39 years old, early kidney failure, high LFTs? A fatty diet could potentially explain the high LFTs, but kidney failure in a 39-year-old? Something serious could be going on here! Maybe even...hepatorenal syndrome in the worst case! Perhaps this midlevel
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Facebook Pediatrics Consult
This one has been making the rounds lately, but we share it anyway for posterity: FNP seeking advice on a 20 week old infant. Babies deserve more than a Facebook consult. #medtwitter #nursetwitter #legaltwitter #pediatrician #nursepractitioner #NPsLead #pediatrics pic.twitter.com/7zwn7dm5Gc โ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ก๐ (@RayneKThomanRN) January 6, 2021 If you were a