Social Media Consults
"Please help, thanks"
Witness the practice of Facebook psychiatry at its finest.
Nurse Practitioner
Nurse practitioners (NPs) are the quintessential midlevel provider, coming in various flavors such as FNP, AGACNP, and PMHNP. Numbering ~325,000 in the US, these midlevels' education often consists of little more than an online diploma mill degree and 500 hours of clinical exposure, amounting to less than 5% of a physician's training. Yet, many states allow them to practice independently without physician supervision or oversight.
Nurse Practitioner
Elite NP looks to Facebook for a medication to treat low self-esteem
It's surprising that an NP who supposedly has 250,000 "happy clients" needs to ask dumb questions on Facebook.
Social Media Consults
PMHNP is going to lose it if her Facebook post ends up on one of those "anti-NP" websites
Surprise: It did.
Nurse Practitioner
Elite NP wants an NP-to-MD/DO bridge program
For midlevel nurse practitioners, taking shortcuts is a way of life.
Social Media Consults
Elite NP would like us to look at the picture and share our thoughts
Over and over again, these sorts of idiotic Facebook consults demonstrate that the education of nurse practitioners, or lack thereof, is akin to a house built on sand - time is no substitute for the comprehensive medical knowledge, training, and experience of physicians.
Nurse Practitioner
A "real" PMHNP worries about the fake ones
The "real" PMHNPs? How about the real psychiatrists?
Noctor
This Virginia nurse practitioner is slyer than a fox
Don't let this Fox outwit you!
News
Why midlevel supervision is an occupational hazard for physicians: the continued saga of Sarah Erny, DNP
As evidenced by the case of California NP Sarah Erny, midlevels are a threat to the health of their patients as well as the license and reputation of their supervising physicians.
Nurse Practitioner
Do any physicians want to collaborate with this disgraced Ohio NP?
Inappropriate prescribing, failure to comply, a bar fight, a Porsche 911, drunk driving, domestic violence, and more...you literally can't make this stuff up.
Nurse Practitioner
Elite NP has great faith in her new EKG machine's ability to interpret EKGs
"You don’t have to worry about the machine giving you inaccurate results." The EKG machine is never wrong!
Nurse Practitioner
PMHNP student is "in search of a child" for her "project"
Why don't you have a seat right over there?
News
Nurse practitioner sentenced to 20 years in prison for $192M Medicare fraud scheme
NP Elizabeth Hernandez was sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in a scheme to defraud Medicare by submitting over $192 million in claims for genetic tests and durable medical equipment that patients did not need and telemedicine visits that never occurred.