No, this is not about duck calling, Duck Dynasty, or referencing to professional appropriators as quacks, it’s about a particular posting floating around social media recently. I’m not pasting the internet link to the posting to respect the privacy of and to respect the man in reference. I think doxing is cowardly and wrong. This…
This makes me so mad. Lies, rhetoric, data manipulation, and talking points. In my last blog, I emailed the author of the article for the sources supporting the statements of ‘quality studies’ and ‘mountain of evidence.’ I actually received a response and obtained the reference: https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/nurse-practitioners-a-solution-to-americas-primary-care-crisis/ The title of the reference is actually telling of the bias contained…
So, what a beautiful night to come home from work and go for my usual run, only today it wasn’t as cut and dry as usual. This blog doesn’t reference an article, but it does reference an impromptu naturistic study I managed to complete between mile 4 and 5. Anyway, the first ½ mile of…
Is it really about diabetic shoes? No, it’s not! That’s a strawman argument for the granting of full practice authority (FPA). Ordering diabetic shoes has nothing to do with FPA. FPA is a goal of nurse practitioner (NP) groups. Often militant in nature, these groups arbitrarily throw around words such as: “Nurse practitioners are cheaper…
Cullen et al. (1) reported that despite the occurrence of emotional distress and social disorder during a pandemic, resources are typically not provided to manage or attenuate pandemics’ effects on mental health and wellbeing. Psychological reactions to pandemics include maladaptive behaviors, emotional distress and defensive responses (1,2). People who are prone to psychological problems are especially vulnerable. They…
A ‘crap shoot’ is defined as a risky or uncertain matter or something that has an unpredictable outcome. The studies referenced in this article could be called a crap shoot. By this I mean, they don’t provide the evidence they are purported to in support of full practice authority. This article (1) references a 2014 document…
Have you ever noticed that on days when you have to work, you wake up late and feel tired, and on relaxing days off, you wake up early feeling rested? What a beautiful day outside today. Sunny, 70’s, nice breeze, and great for a nice 10K run this Sunday morning. It’s a great day to…
A pandemic is defined as “an epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area, crossing international boundaries and usually affecting a large number of people (1,2).” Given the novelty of SARS–CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and the subsequent coronavirus pandemic, little is known on the effects this pandemic is having in persons with pre-existing anxiety-based disorders and…
What on Earth kind of idiots are you electing California? This article reports: Department of Public Health officials in San Francisco assure the public that a program providing homeless, recovering drug addicts– housed in hotels during the pandemic–with methadone, alcohol and marijuana, comes at no cost to taxpayers. Never mind costs, or the politics of it,…
So, this article pops up on social media recently (1). It is disappointing that my former profession is using this coronavirus pandemic crisis to manipulate into expanded roles that may be out of bounds of their education and scope of practice. Before the pandemic crisis, evaluation visits by the advanced practice provider (APP) would have been…