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Mar 6, 2021
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Virginia Ute
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You should be pissed. Nasal foreign body is something any urgent care should be able to handle.
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Question for the older docs (I'm mid-40s)
5150man
All-American
3/6/21 11:52am
I'm not a doc but that is scary to hear
Parker Schnabel
3/6/21 11:58am
I don’t want to risk getting into a bashing session over mid levels. I think
Idahofallsblue
3/6/21 11:59am
I agree. Funny thing is I never got trained on how to manage a mid level.
5150man
3/6/21 12:09pm
I took my kid to urgent care a couple years ago because he had snorted a marble
LiveCoug
3/6/21 12:00pm
You should be pissed. Nasal foreign body is something any urgent care should be able to handle.
Virginia Ute
3/6/21 12:11pm
I usually had parents mad they brought them to me in the UC when I just had them blow in the mouth and it popped out.
5150man
3/6/21 12:16pm
Urgent cares are the worst. They are good for strep that’s about it.
Fargo
3/6/21 12:13pm
They’re antibiotic dispensaries. That’s all.
doktorpfeffer
3/6/21 1:01pm
That's one I struggle over.
5150man
3/6/21 1:33pm
My urgent care has been spectacular. Worth every Penny. They are no hospital,
RealityCheck
3/6/21 4:47pm
So your vacuum cleaner was broken?
CougarThug
3/6/21 3:22pm
Maybe what you’re seeing is that NPs are trending younger, as it is an
valleus
3/6/21 12:05pm
They’re just churning out so many and so many of them are new and have no experience and they get put in roles that they
Virginia Ute
3/6/21 12:10pm
Sometimes the NP students come "observe" me in the ER
WorfoSAUR
3/6/21 12:16pm
Yeah. Last year I finally said no more.
5150man
3/6/21 12:20pm
NP student here
redraidercoug
3/6/21 12:35pm
I didn't mean to be offensive. Just wondering if others see what I'm seeing
5150man
3/6/21 1:23pm
RE: I didn't mean to be offensive. Just wondering if others see what I'm seeing
redraidercoug
3/6/21 2:24pm
I work in a hospital with some very good NP’s and PA’s. I get the
OmahaThunderCoug
3/6/21 1:30pm
Urgent Cares are the joke.
claw
3/6/21 1:32pm
Several reasons: less financial incentive for quality personnel...
BringYourUltimate
3/6/21 1:40pm
In a different field, that sounds like seasonal tax preparer franchises
dratax
3/6/21 2:42pm
As an Urgent Care physician
hunkahunka
3/6/21 4:19pm
I'm only about 5 years older than you, but I have seen the same trend. I am in
BYU28_Miami21
3/6/21 4:27pm
I'll just say thank you for seeing initial consults. My referrals initially seeing a mid level frustrates me to no end.
5150man
3/6/21 4:57pm
I’ve had a similar experience.
Shovel jockey
3/6/21 5:22pm
I do think the rapid growth in programs is problematic. I was fortunate to train
Nakedbootleg
3/6/21 8:00pm
I’ve never shamed anyone in my career. And I have always answered any question
Shovel jockey
3/6/21 10:20pm
I should mention that I was fortunate as well to train with PA side by side
Shovel jockey
3/6/21 10:32pm
Thanks. You’ll have to forgive me if I get to defensive, but it is frustrating
Nakedbootleg
3/7/21 8:26am
One of the harder things for me
5150man
3/7/21 8:43am
Btw, Cochrane review found no significant decrease in quality of care when
valleus
3/6/21 6:53pm
Seriously though. How did they grade quality or what is defined as a worse outcome?
5150man
3/6/21 7:13pm
I hear what your saying. However in a field in which you
Shovel jockey
3/6/21 7:27pm
my opinion: mid-levels who have direct supervision by an MD do fine. mid-levels who have no supervision are often lost
SaturdaySpecialDay
3/6/21 7:25pm
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