Nurse Practitioner
PMHNP shows off her amazing sense of compassion
When you're a nurse practitioner and all else fails, just blame the patient and his mother!
Nurse Practitioner
PMHNP wonders if NPs can perform abortions
An NP abortion? No thanks, I'll just try a coat hanger instead.
Nurse Practitioner
NPs get stuck in an infinite loop
Do you hear that noise? It's the AANP clamoring to trick the general public into thinking that patients seen by midlevel nurse practitioners have higher satisfaction and fewer unnecessary emergency room visits. Well, guess what? I'd be pretty goddamn unsatisfied if I went to the emergency
Social Media Consults
A rare case of "Perry orbital cellulitis"
No worries, we can just refer the patient to a "red eye" optometrist with whom we have an "informal arrangement"!
Nurse Practitioner
Family NP thinks she does "the exact same things as the MDs", hates healthcare
If you want to get respected and paid like a physician, then stop whining and go to medical school to become a physician.
News
Kansas hospital celebrates midlevels on National Women Physicians Day
Not a good look for the University of Kansas Health System.
Social Media Consults
PMHNP attempts to second-guess psychiatrist, fails miserably
Clueless midlevels need to stay in their lane.
Social Media Consults
Titrate insulin to Facebook PRN
Consulting Facebook for help with titrating your patients' insulin - what could possibly go wrong?
Social Media Consults
"She need a get off the couch med"
Perhaps in response to our revelatory exposés of idiotic midlevel social media consults, we've noticed a substantial uptick in the number of aforementioned social media consults being nebulously reframed as "case studies" or "asking for a friend"-type questions. Here, we have an example
Social Media Consults
It all looks foreign to me!
On today's episode of "Things you should have learned in school before touching real patients", we have this gem from newly minted family NP Grace Metzger working in primary care in Andrews, NC through Erlanger Health System. Apparently, NP Grace sees "a bunch of derm&
Social Media Consults
PMHNP has "zero experience treating ADHD"
Can you imagine an attending psychiatrist making it through medical school, board exams, and psychiatry residency without knowing how to treat ADHD? Fucking hell, even a competent internist, family physician, or pediatrician could at least competently initiate treatment for ADHD. Imagine going to a dealership and buying a car, only
Social Media Consults
Elite NP performs an elite diagnostic workup
Can anyone help this elite midlevel with her patient's clinical conundrum?