First question: Is this safe? Second question: Do we want to give full independence to people like this to treat patients? Third question: How is this NOT devaluing to doctors? Tweet
Above are two advertisements. We understand that the second one is NJ and the first is NY but here is what a NY doctor shared with me: I get called every day to volunteer on behalf of Gov Cuomo and every day I ask if I’ll be paid to risk my life because nurses get…
The American Association of Flight Attendants have asked each state Governor for Full Flying Privileges (FFP) during this pandemic. President of the AAFA, Dee Kruger FA, DCWES, XOXOX, EIEIO, said this: “Flight attendants are located in every setting and geographic area that is impacted by COVID-19. Removing barriers to flying and ensuring that they can…
We really think they can shorten that intense, hands-on online work, don’t you? Maybe they should count the volunteer work they did in high school towards the degree? Even better, how about doing it in 18 months? No. No. Not 18! 19 is the key number…… Hitchhiker : You heard of this thing, the 8-Minute Abs? Ted : Yeah,…
Just kidding. What is he going to do anyway, other than fire doctors or reprimand them for wearing any PPE they can find. Even worse, the newly unretired hospital administrator would just go back to “work from home” doing the same thing he was doing when retired. The only difference is that he would get…
We find it so pitiful when someone or some organization tries to profit off a catastrophe like this CV19 pandemic. We have mentioned others in past blog entries already but nothing compares to what the AANP is trying to do. They have used this crisis to aggressively politic and push for total independence by nurse…
In addition to working on the frontline, I’ve also been consuming large amounts of physician posted social media via private Facebook groups and med twitter. Here is the current terrible state of things happening around the country now. More commonly in New York where the situation is the worst Fact: COV2 is airborne, lasting 3…
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No, this guy is NOT a medical doctor. He is a nurse using PROFESSIONAL APPROPRIATION to convince others that: He is a real medical doctor He is as good as a medical doctor Lowering standards for training and education is good for the country We do need more doctors in this country so let’s open…
I think we need a NO SHIT, SHERLOCK category for this blog because this one would fit right in: Newborns in the U.S. are much more likely to survive a hospital delivery than a planned home birth, regardless of how qualified the attending midwife may be, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at mortality rates…