Stories
An unsupervised nurse practitioner's negligence results in disastrous consequences for an epilepsy patient, including loss of her job and a trip to the ER for status epilepticus.
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A midlevel nurse practitioner's failure to recognize a classic textbook diagnosis results in unnecessary suffering for a patient.
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Sadly, the proliferation of incompetent midlevels in neonatal ICUs, particularly neonatal nurse practitioners, is all too common these days.
Physician Assistant
Personally, we think "provider student" is a more appropriate title. NPs, PAs, physicians...they're all the same, right?
Stories
Actively psychotic, suicidal, and homicidal. What could possibly go wrong when an NP is involved?
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We've cured your child of cancer, now get the hell out of the hospital.
Stories
"But holy shit, you’d think interpreting a CBC was worthy of a Nobel prize after working with these people. FPA is lethal to patients."
Physician Assistant
Originally posted on Reddit. Lightly edited for grammar and clarity. This morning I’m sitting on the Neurology floor minding my own business when I hear a Neurosurgery PA talking very loudly to a patient about how she does neurosurgery. She goes on to say that she does everything the
Nurse Practitioner
Originally posted on Reddit by u/RandomFlamingoo. Lightly edited for grammar and clarity. Earlier this year I switched my care in my primary care's office from an NP to an actual doctor in the practice, and ever since, whenever the NP or her assistant have seen me, they
Nurse Practitioner
Nurse practitioner? More like death practitioner.
Nurse Practitioner
Those advanced pharmacology classes in NP school must be outstanding.
See a midlevel, lose your ovary.