Dr. Pimple Popper Thinks Nurses Have No Place Educating Patients

[CaffeinePOQ4HPRN]

Why would a registered nurse explain this? Why not a dermatologist?

[DallasRN]

On 6/22/2020 at 10:43 AM, Rose_Queen said:

Well, Dr Pimplepopper is entertainment sooo.... I’ll stop there

Well, I was going to say something along this line but I'll just tag with Rose_Queen.

[Dr Georgianna Donadio, PhD]

As the director of an accredited program that is specifically for nurse patient educators, its preposterous that anyone would question why a nurse would educate a patient/client.

The scope of practice of all nurses, across the board, includes patient education. There are also specialty trainings for nurses such as diabetes and asthma educators, as well as chronic disease patient educators and population health a.k.a. CCP educators.

The doctor might want to consult with a nurse patient educator to have a better understanding of how and why nurses are a primary source of individual patient health education, and learn something she can pass on to patients!

[Bandaide, ASN]

I wouldn't be surprised if Dr. Lee doesn't have a nurse in her office - just MAs that she calls nurses. I've seen that in more offices than I can count.

[TriciaJ, RN]

6 hours ago, Bandaide said:

I wouldn't be surprised if Dr. Lee doesn't have a nurse in her office - just MAs that she calls nurses. I've seen that in more offices than I can count.

Let's hope she's not committing fraud by calling them nurses. I never heard her do it on her show so she probably isn't.

[NotMyProblem MSN, ASN, BSN, MSN, LPN, RN]

9 hours ago, Bandaide said:

I wouldn't be surprised if Dr. Lee doesn't have a nurse in her office - just MAs that she calls nurses. I've seen that in more offices than I can count.

...so much so that the MAs call themselves nurses.

[BSN-to-MSN, ADN, BSN, RN]

She needs to be educated on what a nurse is.

[city_FNP, BSN, MSN, RN, NP]

It doesn't take a boutique dermatologist like herself to explain and know the difference. How the hell would the nurses who work in her office feel if they read that? She needs to get off her princess pedestal.

[Littleblackdog, ADN, BSN, RN]

On 6/24/2020 at 6:21 PM, TheDudeWithTheBigDog said:

You don't need to be a nurse either. I don't get why either has to monopolize educating. Lab Techs, CNAs, Dieticians, RTs, PTAs, OTAs, all know enough about the work they do to be able to educate patients on things that apply to their jobs. But unless you have the "RN" or "MD" after your name the medical world treats you like you're too stupid to explain how to get to the bathroom without falling. Healthcare needs so much less ego.

I have "RN" after my name, and believe me, some (not all, now, I said "some") NP's and MD's treat us like we are too stupid to go to the bathroom without falling, too.

[praise023]

Because we can! ??

[CKPM2RN, ASN, EMT-P]

Honestly I hate the term "sun poisoning", it just sounds stupid. Effectively it's a second degree burn with the associated dehydration, potential electrolyte issues and such so can we give it a better name? I already have too many patients who think that because the "have the poisoning" it has nothing to do with anything they did to themselves. I'm just grumpy and tired of patients blaming outside forces for their own foibles.

[CKPM2RN, ASN, EMT-P]

On 6/27/2020 at 7:18 PM, Bandaide said:

I wouldn't be surprised if Dr. Lee doesn't have a nurse in her office - just MAs that she calls nurses. I've seen that in more offices than I can count.

No kidding! Not even an LPN to be found, just low-cost graduates of the local for-profit school.

[nursel56]

Isn't a board-certified dermatologist calling themselves "Dr. Pimple Popper" kind of like a nurse calling themselves "Nurse Bedpan"? Her nickname is not exactly respectful. Having worked in dermatology I know they take care of very complicated diseases, not to mention their status as the go-to person for every mystery rash that ever walked in our clinic.