Urgent Care / Family Medicine Practice for Sale – Dallas, TX
For sale is a profitable 15-year established urgent care clinic in Dallas County, Texas. Spacious 4,200 SF office with 7 exam rooms and 3 doctor’s offices. Open 7 days/week. Payer mix of 40% PPO and 60% Cash. Annual revenue of $900,000. The staff includes 2 nurse practitioners, 1 physician assistant and 4 medical assistants. The seller works part-time and is open to long-term employment post-sale. 100% Bank Financing Available. For more details, please call 800-416-2055 ext. 226 or visit us... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - December 3, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Transition Consultants Tags: Jobs and Help Wanted Board Source Type: forums

Urinalyses
UA is part of too many nursing-driven protocols at my shop. Cough and fatigue? ****in’ urinalysis. Epigastric abdominal pain? ****in’ urinalysis. Even some UA’s on chest pain’ers. Sometimes find myself unsure what to do with some of theses results—e.g. a positive nitrate or large leukocyte esterase + WBCs in patients with zero symptoms whatsoever. I know the sensitivity and specificity numbers (curious if those were derived from a symptomatic patient pop, or purely subsequent positive urine... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - December 2, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: watermanMD Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums

518 MCAT, 3.95 GPA, good school list?
Hey all! Starting to finalize my school list for this upcoming application cycle (I'm in my senior year), here are some of my stats and any input about schools to add/take away would be appreciated cGPA: 4.0 sGPA: 3.95 MCAT: 518 (129/126/132/131) State of residence: PA (ugh, no in-state tuition) Background: white female Undergrad: Small liberal arts college Activities list (brief draft): Most meaningful: Nursing assistant (clinical in hospital) - 700 hrs Organic chem and... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - December 2, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Bellabijou10 Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums

Anyone else's ED on fire?
Our LWBS is through the roof, wait times 7+ hours, patients are agitated and yelling. Issues are: ED boarding, perceived lack of space to place new ED patients, underperforming physicians and nurses. I could fix this situation in 1 week if given the power, yet admin (including physician "leadership") offers nothing. I'll just disappear into the shadows and keep collecting my check I guess. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 28, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: GonnaBeADoc2222 Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums

2022 Update: "CA license, but no board cert. How to get life back on track with a baby?"
To recap: Back in November 2017, I was living in Korea as a new father and was desperate to get back into medicine. I thought my best bet would be to get back into residency but that didn't fan out. In September 2018, I began working for a corporation that provides wound care services to patients in nursing homes. In June of 2019, I started my own private practice. Things were going well, then COVID happened. For more detail, I would refer you to the following posts: First post on 11/30/17... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 25, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: tofoo Tags: General Residency Issues Source Type: forums

Wound Care Training/Treatment
I'm in an underserved(limited physicians) area which can have problems when trying to get specialty services. We have a wound care clinic, but it can be tough to get patients into it, or limited in how often they can be seen when they are set up. I'm at an IRF and I always have a few patients here with stage IV pressure wounds, post surgical wounds requiring wound vacs, etc. Our wound care nurse isnt bad, he is self taught and been doing the job a little over a year, but mainly just does... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 24, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Momentum70 Tags: PM&R Source Type: forums

Things I hate to hear patients say:
"I try to use all-natural solutions if I can." "My Nurse Practitioner knows more because she considers the 'whole patient' ." "I like to do things holistically." [Bonus if I ask them what the word "holistic" means and they can't form an answer.] "I've done my research." "Vaccines are just a scheme for big pharma to make money." "I didn't know what to do, so I took my blood pressure, and..." Following the last one: "My blood pressure was high and I don't want to have a stroke; so... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 20, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: RustedFox Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums

20K for NP to call herself Doctor
NP Must Pay $20K for Implying She Was a Doctor Sarah Erny, RN, NP, is also required to cease any claims of being a 'doctor' in providing care www.medpagetoday.com The said nurse is a DNP. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 19, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: narcotics999 Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums

Certified Nurse Midwife or OBGYN?
Hello everyone! I am a career changer Nearly 30 single, childless woman have been working as a CNA+Doula for awhile worked abroad in several capacities I want to work with women's health+ labor and delivery work as an academic teaching + doing public health research work abroad in low-income countries work with NGOs in women's health globally have at least 2 kids (preferably 4 tbh) Pros and Cons of becoming an OBGYN Highest level of... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 18, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: heartbreaker0987 Tags: Ob/Gyn Source Type: forums

delaying dental, eye, other care until medical school??
This is just something small I am curious about -- hoping to hear from current students -- I have been accepted to a few schools, they all are big university health systems with dental and nursing programs as well. I currently have several different healthcare needs that are non-urgent but would be really nice to take care of before I start to have a family and start residency. AKA either now! Or during school. I have pretty decent insurance now but everything would still cost me several... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 17, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: ready2bDONE23 Tags: Medical Students (MD) Source Type: forums

ICAN act
https://www.clinicaladvisor.com/home/my-practice/nurse-practitioner-career-resources/i-can-act-aprns-medicare-medicaid/ Anyone know about this? The amount of lobbying for full independence is just out of control. Sounds so good on paper when it “improves access to everyone” when in reality, it will just increase morbidity/mortality, and increase the overall cost to the system without any benefit. Getting tired of seeing all this power grab moves justified by virtue signaling. The... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 15, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: secretasianman Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums

Is Triage Gone?
I recently had to take a parent into the ED. As we all know if an EM doc is bringing somebody in, they are sick, it is bad. Unfortunately it was a hospital I was not associated with, due to proximity of where they lived. We check in, I mention I’m an EM doc and it’s bad. “Take a seat” Met the triage nurse 45 mins later I said I’m and EM doc, they are septic, heading towards shock. “Take a seat, we will call you” Doing my own vitals in the WR. Heart Rate 145, temp 104.5 on check in. Resp... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 10, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: NYEMMED Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums

Career Assurance and Guidance
All, I apologize in advance if I am beating a dead horse but I wanted some experienced perspective and advice on this career as it currently stands. I am currently an M2 that is very interested and excited to pursue the specialty. Prior to medical school, I worked for about five years as an ICU nurse and fell in love with anesthesiology. I will leave out why I pursued medicine instead of CRNA but would be happy to discuss with anyone that is curious. I am not trying to offend anyone with... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 9, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Chardeemacdennis60 Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums

Why should I do medicine?
For what reason should one actually do medicine? Doing it for the money is repeatedly said to be a bad idea. If you want to save lives, there are many other fields for this, like rescue squads or hazardous water treatment. With an interest in research, one can get a PhD in something science or medical related. If you want to work directly with patients, you have the option of nursing or physicians assistant programs. As far as I am concerned, these groups all make enough money. With this... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 4, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Northwestern_Anesthesia Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums

Patient calls for procedures
A few times per day the nurses get calls from patients who want to come in and have a procedure repeated. If less than a year, I tell them to schedule it. If more than a year I get an OV to determine what is going on. I am told from admin that it is needed for insurance precert. What is everyone else doing? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 2, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: lobelsteve Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums