TN FNP Guy

I think this is the basic distinction between an idiot‘s world view and a non-idiot’s world view:

Do you understand that there are social systems so complex that no one can fully understand every element? or do you think complexity is evidence of intentional conspiracy to hurt you?

In rural America, scarce doctors battle misinformation as they practice medicine Conspiracy theories about health fill a vacuum created by the lack of doctors in many rural communities. Meanwhile, doctors in these areas say patients have become increasingly distrustful and sometim...

In rural America, scarce doctors battle misinformation as they practice medicine

The level of misinformation —and anger at doctors trying to do their jobs — is breathtaking.

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

“I have a honey bun every morning and night to keep my strength up.”

Your A1c says that statement is true.

"We owe gratitude to France, justice to England,good will to all, and subservience to none..it was by the sober sense of our citizens that we were safely and steadily conducted from monarchy to republicanism, and it is by the same agency alone we can be kept from falling back"

T Jefferson

NO KINGS

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

Hot take reminder that the term “mid-level provider” is outdated and disrespectful

Investing in Primary Care: The Nurse Practitioner Will See You Now | Milbank Memorial Fund Decades of research confirms the safety, quality, and effectiveness of care provided by NPs, including care for complex patients, and their acceptance and approval by patients. Yet challenges remain i...

"The most recent data show that NPs comprise 47% of all US primary care clinicians and, together with physician assistants/associates (PAs) and certified nurse midwives (CNMs), comprise 52% of primary care clinicians working in community health centers." www.milbank.org/publications...

Warning: Serious cardiovascular events don’t come out of the blue Study finds 99% of all heart attacks, heart failure, or strokes occur in people with "suboptimal" blood pressure, cholesterol, blood glucose, or smoking history.

Study finds 99% of all heart attacks, heart failure, or strokes occur in people with "suboptimal" blood pressure, cholesterol, blood glucose, or smoking history
www.statnews.com/2025/09/29/r...

Warning: Serious cardiovascular events don’t come out of the blue Study finds 99% of all heart attacks, heart failure, or strokes occur in people with "suboptimal" blood pressure, cholesterol, blood glucose, or smoking history.

More than 99% of people who had first-time heart attacks, strokes, or heart failure also had at least one risk factor.
www.statnews.com/2025/09/29/r...

It's not going away, this is how you do it 🎯

(every single day)

Everything is so STUPID.

*send post*

#Resist

Physician Stress Returns to Peak Pandemic Levels, Survey Shows The healthcare landscape in the U.S. 'has been reshaped by significant changes'

www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

I got a job offer with a 50000 dollar sign on bonus today. Crazy. It’s in New York and I can’t deal with all that snow after growing up in the south.

Over half of US healthcare workers plan to switch jobs by next year, survey finds More than half of U.S. healthcare workers are actively looking to leave their current jobs, according to a new survey, underscoring mounting pressure on an already strained system.

In ** 2023**we reported nearly identical findings to this report: 40% of surveyed nurses in Michigan planned to leave and younger nurses were leading the charge. Many executives dismissed our findings. We are here because no fixes have been enacted: www.reuters.com/business/hea...

US faces shortfall of 5.3M college-educated workers by 2032 Nursing, teaching and engineering would experience the largest gaps, per a study from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce.

www.highereddive.com/news/us-face...

"Go birds, fuck ICE, free Palestine." Feels like exactly the kind of rallying cry the average American can get behind.

Ditching Ultraprocessed Foods Can Be Hard. Here’s Where to Start. With more than half the calories in Americans’ daily diets coming from highly processed foods, researchers say making even small cutbacks will benefit your health.

Some good tips for reducing the consumption of unhealthy, pro-inflammatory, ultraprocessed foods
By @andreaapetersen
www.wsj.com/health/welln...

Up to 40% of men over 50 experience lower urinary tract symptoms, but effective treatments can significantly enhance quality of life.

by Wei JT, Dauw CA and Brodsky CN in JAMA #MedSky

👉 get more here

📖 read the article: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2836455

The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned.

And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.

I refuse to sanitize him.

I, as should you, trust the experts. Ignore the background noise. This is what you need to know.

Our first trailer park president

My lab records this year:

Vit. D of 2
PSA of 1000 in a patient with and 124 in a patient without prostate cancer.
LDL of 353 in guy on carnivore diet.

Live your life so billions of people around the world don’t get happy when rumors swirl that you’ve died.

Two bar graphs from JAMA show RSV trends. The first details monthly RSV-associated hospitalizations (2023-2025), split by subtype. The second displays monthly RSV vaccinations for hospitalized adults across two seasons, also spanning 2023-2025.

In adults aged 60 years or older, RSV vaccines reduced RSV-associated hospitalizations over 2 seasons, although effectiveness waned among immunocompromised patients and those with cardiovascular disease.

#ESCCongress #WCCardio

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two muppets are sitting at a table and one of them is wearing a lab coat ALT: two muppets are sitting at a table and one of them is wearing a lab coat

Vaccines are scrupulously and rigorously researched, trialed, tested and continuously monitored. I get a little tired repeating this but it’s important.

They are not the villain but the potentially fatal diseases they prevent are. I and my colleagues have seen them all.

I have a job interview tomorrow for a job doing environmental hazard exams. I’m exhausted with Primary Care and ready to do something else.

I read that as sad tortilla