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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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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
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I wonder if Stacie's patients know that she gets her medication dosing from a Facebook group. Surely, if it's guideline-directed, those guidelines must be published online somewhere on a site more reputable than Facebook! But it probably doesn't matter if all those different medications
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I donโt enjoy having to check with a physician about my plan. #fullpractice now! #np โ Dr. Don (from Morningside), RN, DNP, JD, FAANP (@DonMorningside) December 27, 2020 There's a reason why nurse practitioners (a degree which requires as little as 500 clinical training hours) are meant to
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Who needs four years of college, four years of medical school, one year of internship, four years of radiology residency, and potentially more years for fellowship when you can just go online and spend a few minutes watching YouTube videos? This midlevel has it all figured out!
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Ah yes, because trying to second-guess the oncologists when it comes to a complex disease process like pancreatic cancer. What could possibly go wrong? And what does the patient being vegan have to do anything? Perhaps we should try some essential oils first? Better make a decision quickly before that
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I'm not an allergist or rheumatologist, but I am a physician, and I'm pretty sure that if you work in these fields you should probably have a basic fucking grasp on the basics of dosing and prescribing steroids. "Tapering is confusing to me" -
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Someone should let this midlevel know that Coumadin clinics exist for a reason, and it's not because INR is so easy to manage that it can be done with an app! What happens if you drop the ball and your patient's INR becomes subtherapeutic, resulting in
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@pardoparty5034 #nursepractitioner #nursepractitionerstudent #nursesoktiktok #cnasoftiktok #healthcarehumor #healthcareprovider #foryou #fyp #foryoupage โฌ original sound - chrisaraneda_ Uhhh....wow. Just wow. I don't even know where to begin with this one. But let's humor her claims for a second. * "Getting into nurse practitioner school is hard" -