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Karen NP cancels group member after she suggests to "discuss it with a MD"
Midlevel Karen has no chill.
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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?
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The practice of medicine isn't an algorithm
"Am I missing anything?" Yes, yes you are.
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Nurse practitioner asks Facebook about PrEP for HIV prevention
I'm sorry, is this supposed to be an actual question?
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Gastroenterology NP asks Facebook how to do her job
Quick, someone tell me!
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Psychiatric-Mental Health NP consults Facebook for help with antidepressants
There's a reason why physicians specializing in psychiatry complete a four-year residency. In addition to learning how to diagnose, work up, and manage psychiatric diseases, psychiatrists (as with any other physician in any other specialty) gain the awareness to differentiate between what they know and don't
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Kill patients first, learn medicine later
675 clinical hours and it's off to work in the cardiovascular ICU.
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Online, quick and reasonable fee: the "Doctorate" of Nursing Practice
Online, quick, and resonable (sic) fee? Why not get all three and do a DNP? This post pretty much sums up the "Doctorate of Nursing Practice" degree's fluff and lack of rigor in a nutshell. If you think a one-year program is comprehensive or rigorous enough
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NP worries more about billing and reimbursement than what's wrong with the patient
Wow, OK...where do we start with this one? 39 years old, early kidney failure, high LFTs? A fatty diet could potentially explain the high LFTs, but kidney failure in a 39-year-old? Something serious could be going on here! Maybe even...hepatorenal syndrome in the worst case! Perhaps this midlevel
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Facebook Pediatrics Consult
This one has been making the rounds lately, but we share it anyway for posterity: FNP seeking advice on a 20 week old infant. Babies deserve more than a Facebook consult. #medtwitter #nursetwitter #legaltwitter #pediatrician #nursepractitioner #NPsLead #pediatrics pic.twitter.com/7zwn7dm5Gc — 𝗥𝗮𝘆𝗻𝗲 𝗞. 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝓡𝓝 (@RayneKThomanRN) January 6, 2021 If you were a
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Because Facebook is the new UpToDate
I wonder if Stacie's patients know that she gets her medication dosing from a Facebook group. Surely, if it's guideline-directed, those guidelines must be published online somewhere on a site more reputable than Facebook! But it probably doesn't matter if all those different medications
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Midlevel discovers the easy way to becoming a radiologist
Who needs four years of college, four years of medical school, one year of internship, four years of radiology residency, and potentially more years for fellowship when you can just go online and spend a few minutes watching YouTube videos? This midlevel has it all figured out!
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Oncology definitely isn't your specialty
Ah yes, because trying to second-guess the oncologists when it comes to a complex disease process like pancreatic cancer. What could possibly go wrong? And what does the patient being vegan have to do anything? Perhaps we should try some essential oils first? Better make a decision quickly before that