Noctor
"Dr." Sylvienash Moma, DNP's sketchy COVID-19 vaccines
Say Nada to DNP Moma's vaccines.
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.
News
MidlevelWTF responds to AAPA's response to AAEM/RSA's Open Letter
An Open Letter to the Specialty of Emergency Medicine | 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 Yesterday, the AAPA (technically AAPA
TikTok
Nurse practitioner reminisces fondly about fingering a patient's butthole
As a stroke coordinator, does she also poke fun at people who can't move their arms or legs?
News
Paulette Padilla, NP: Florida midlevel moonlights as scammer and drug dealer
Padilla was charged with organized scheme to defraud and drug trafficking.
Stories
My run-in with a nurse practitioner at the ER
Anonymous Reddit submission I wanted to share my experience with a nurse practitioner at the ER last week. She came in with no badge visible and I called her “doctor”. She didn’t correct me. I went in to the ER because of a very rapid heartbeat that woke me
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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital: "Advanced Practice Nurses" to begin coming to Code Blues and supervise residents
Welcome to RWJ University Hospital, where nurse midlevels decide how physicians practice medicine.
Stories
NP doesn’t understand how urine cultures work
Tell the bacteria to grow faster, or NP Karen will not be pleased!
Nurse Practitioner
The DNP is a rigorous degree with very demanding coursework
...as demonstrated by this "project" that was posted to a large Facebook NP group: Ask yourself: in what world is creating an online survey considered to be appropriate coursework for what is supposed to be a terminal, doctoral-level degree? High school students have completed projects that were much
Stories
I feel like I was duped...
Originally posted on Reddit. Lightly edited for grammar and clarity. A short background: I graduated as a biology major in 2015, worked as an outpatient surgical assistant through 2019, then went to get my BSN, RN. This BSN, RN program was accelerated, one year long, and designed for students with
Stories
Orange-flavored scalp staples
Anonymous submission (emergency physician) EM here. So the hospital was trying to hire a new midlevel one day. They found a family medicine NP who had a few orientation shifts. The NP staffed a patient with me as "patient came in with a headache. It's moderate. Also
Social Media Consults
NP has no clue about imaging results, posts entire radiology read online for help
Can anyone interpret the interpretation?
Nurse Practitioner
The NPs' dirty laundry, round 2: Reaction to diploma mills
In reference to Round 1 for PMHNPs After the Match: Boosting Profits Drives NP Diploma Mills : Emergency Medicine NewsAn abstract is unavailable.LWW An article entitled "Boosting Profits Drives NP Diploma Mills" published in the February 2021 issue of Emergency Medicine News has been making quite a few