I met the advocacy group, Physicians for Patient Protection, PPP - Putting Patients First when I first joined this app 2 years ago while advocating for physician led care. Please check out the work they do. I urge everyone to ask for a physician. Nursing≠Medicine wlns.com/business/press…

"The rapid proliferation of nurse practitioners programs in the U.S. is spurring concerns about the quality of training for these advanced practice providers and potential consequences for patient safety" #MedTwitter #StopScopeCreep #NPsLead? beckershospitalreview.com/nursing/the-sh…

The rapidly increasing nurse practitioners’ “profession has never been standardized, and some students worry they’re not being set up for success.” 🎧tinyurl.com/bddtjt7z 👓 tinyurl.com/3m8z5fyh #MedicalSchoolMatters #PatientSafety #TruthInAdvertising #Transparency

No treatments are being offered, but performative home visits for Medicare Advantage patients can still yield significant medical bills. wsj.com/health/healthc…

Sooo..the American Academy of Physician Assistants(AAPA) wants a truce so the AMA will stop opposing their attempts to have "broader clinical rights" aka the unsupervised practice of medicine aka practicing medicine w/o a license. Because it's "divisive". medpagetoday.com/special-report…

"Why would I or why should I be paid as a third-year nurse anesthesia -resident- student?" …..You shouldn't, because you're not a resident. Midlevel.WTF PPP - Putting Patients First CMSGov #MedTwitter #Anesthesia #Anesthesiology #Anesthetist APSF ASA® midlevel.wtf/youre-not-a-re…

🔴 Hi Worcestershire Acute NHS, Thank you for responding to my previous post raising serious concerns about the behaviour of one of your MATRONS. ⭕️ This move was not taken in the interest of patient safety as you claimed. It was made in the interest of your matron and one of the A+E

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Dedication makes a doctor. ❤️ fox13news.com/news/pinellas-…

.Mass General Brigham-Salem Hospital seeks to change hospital bylaws to allow NPs independent practice #MedTwitter #StopScopeCreep #NPsLead?

This is bulls**t. I've been on a committee in which bylaws were added. Took months. Changing bylaws does not occur in one fell swoop on a Zoom at 4pm. Especially when changing a scope of practice. Trust me when I say this meeting is occurring

I have the misfortune to see a PA today for my hospital appointment. The clinic nurse introduced them as a doctor, he never said he is not a doctor. I am naturally unimpressed, but feel trapped in the situation. I will be writing to PALS and the consultant team.

Thank you for your support. Thank you also to those who share their experiences. PALS had emailed me back to say their would “need to seek advice on this”, so let’s see. 1/

I’m hearing so many people cite conflict of interest as the reason physicians shouldn’t own hospitals. This also happens to be the main strategy the American Hospital Association used to lobby Congress to ban POHs in the Affordable Care Act, paving the way for the consolidated

"Unfortunately, we are unable to interpret the results past the narrative details" #MedTwitter #StopScopeCreep #NPsLead?

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This is the future, actually. It’s crazy that we live our whole adult lives breaking our hearts and destroying our vascular system, then we get to meet a skilled cardiologist who could have helped prevent it all but only in the emergency room after the damage is done