Social Media Consults
"Please help, thanks"
Witness the practice of Facebook psychiatry at its finest.
Social Media Consults
Examples of midlevels inappropriately asking for medical advice on social media when instead, they should be formally consulting a physician or even sending the patient to the ED. Patients are perfectly capable of posting to Facebook by themselves, you know?
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
PA consults Facebook for help treating her patient's pulmonary embolism
We're going to need a thrombectomy after reading this post.
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.
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.
Social Media Consults
Nurse practitioner wonders why she can't prescribe controlled substances to her mom
The DEA is not going to be happy about this.
Social Media Consults
Idiot NP can't make the diagnosis when it's staring her in the face
This picture is worth nowhere near a thousand words.
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Nurse practitioner needs to know "what the numbers mean"
In our medical opinion, the numbers mean that you are very stupid and that you shouldn't be allowed near patients anymore.
Social Media Consults
Clueless NP can't read her patient's EKG, so she posts it on Facebook
Hey, we know a few "cardio people". They're called "cardiologists".
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"All I know about skin is it comes in layers"
With his impressive knowledge of skin anatomy, we hope this NP doesn't develop a sudden "passion" for aesthetics.
Social Media Consults
Puzzled nurse practitioner consults Facebook for a patient with critical hyperkalemia
It's anyone's guess whether the patient in question is dead or alive.
Social Media Consults
Insubordinate NP student goes behind cardiologist's back, sends patient to ER instead of home
We apologize in advance if you go into supraventricular tachycardia while reading this article.