Social Media Consults
Make Algorithms Great Again
Why bother learning medicine when there's an easy algorithm for everything?
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.
Stories
NP: "I told him it might be a heart attack"
"Might be"? It's a fucking STEMI!
Stories
Do NPs Really Get Enough Training?
Originally posted on Reddit I’ve been an NP for almost 5 years and was a nurse for 5 years before that. Nearly all of my experience has been in the outpatient setting, community health centers and urgent care clinics. I completed an FNP program at a very competitive school
Stories
"Why do they keep coming back?"
It doesn't take long for a second-year medical student to figure out what an FNP can't.
News
"Dr." Gerald "Jay" Baltz, PMHNP and the tragedy of Stevie Ryan's death
Medicine 101: Don't sleep with your patients.
Nurse Practitioner
It's just a flesh wound
We would be truly horrified if this was an actual patient case, but thankfully, based on the comments of this post, it appears that this is none other than this nurse practitioner's very own finger! Can anyone give her some pointers? We're not too sure that
Nurse Practitioner
NP student: "I just don't wanna waste brain space"
Um, that's kinda important to know?
Hate Mail
Hate mail from Michelle Rhyner, NP
Michelle Rhyner, NP From: Michelle Rhyner <[email protected]> Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 6:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Proud to be a provider and NP I just have to express my utter disgust that a group of MDs takes such an extraneous effort
Social Media Consults
NP just feels like insulin shouldn't be started yet
Starting a patient like this on metformin is like pissing into the wind.
Social Media Consults
Don't order lab tests that you don't know how to interpret
Your understanding of this result...is wrong.
Nurse Practitioner
Now you know how physicians feel
Oh, the irony!
Stories
Coffee break during rounds
These nurse practitioners have absolutely no sense of shame, just like they have absolutely no regard for their own patients.