Dr. Pimple Popper Thinks Nurses Have No Place Educating Patients

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

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On 6/23/2020 at 5:47 PM, adammRN said:

The real issue is public health literacy... Nothing to do with md/nurse but if you need an example, just look at the current pandemic.

Well, I guess her risk of contracting Covid is lower if she virtually schedules people to discuss sun exposure topics instead of in office pimple popping procedures.

Maybe she can also teach them how to socially distance and properly wear their masks while she’s at it-or maybe she wants to leave that to the infectious disease doctor so as to not step on toes.

Obviously I’m being sarcastic. We could just mail her a deck of cards like another one of our nurse fans and see if it can occupy her free time.

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I am going to take the unpopular route here and agree with Dr. Lee here.

Now I wholeheartedly believe nurses have a fundamentally important role in education but this particular topic would have likely benefited from a specialist.

Beth Hanes BSN, RN, the writer is not a dermatology expert nor does she have any kind of special clinical experience. She is a full time writer who happens to also be a nurse.

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On 7/7/2020 at 11:04 AM, Asystole RN said:

I am going to take the unpopular route here and agree with Dr. Lee here.

Now I wholeheartedly believe nurses have a fundamentally important role in education but this particular topic would have likely benefited from a specialist.

Beth Hanes BSN, RN, the writer is not a dermatology expert nor does she have any kind of special clinical experience. She is a full time writer who happens to also be a nurse.

The point is that this is a WebMD article that an RN is qualified to write. There's no need to attack it. Did she point out anything that's incorrect? No. If Dr. PP wants to complain about who is writing the article and imply that the author isn't good enough, then.... why doesn't she... write one.... herself....

Literally nobody is stopping her from doing that.

I actually think its very telling that an RN wrote a patient education article instead of an MD.

Maybe Dr. PP is too busy doing her work to care about dedicating extra time to educate people. It wouldn't be the first time this has happened.

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On 6/27/2020 at 11:24 AM, Cindy Ann McAllister said:

I wonder what her nurses do? Get her coffee?

Someday, when I become an RN, if I get paid well for getting a Dr a coffee, I do it. Less headaches. I get coffees every day for him or her. I'd rather do it than dealing with entitled mean pts. ?

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19 minutes ago, cov1dea said:

Someday, when I become an RN, if I get paid well for getting a Dr a coffee, I do it. Less headaches. I get coffees every day for him or her. I'd rather do it than dealing with entitled mean pts. ?

Last time I had a doctor ask me to get him coffee hospitals still had paper charts. There was only one that would ask, wasn’t rude about it and it was from an instant coffee tank so I just brought it to him on my way to the pixis during med run. That was so long ago his grandson. Is probably working his practice now

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18 minutes ago, NurseSpeedy said:

Last time I had a doctor ask me to get him coffee hospitals still had paper charts. There was only one that would ask, wasn’t rude about it and it was from an instant coffee tank so I just brought it to him on my way to the pixis during med run. That was so long ago his grandson. Is probably working his practice now

I also don't mind. I have no bad experience with doctors, nurses, and others. I'm implying that I don't care I won't have skills but getting coffees for everyone.

I'm a CNA. Some patients really are royal bad people, who think that they have rights to be racists or disrespectful.

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6 hours ago, NurseSpeedy said:

Last time I had a doctor ask me to get him coffee hospitals still had paper charts. There was only one that would ask, wasn’t rude about it and it was from an instant coffee tank so I just brought it to him on my way to the pixis during med run. That was so long ago his grandson. Is probably working his practice now

Well, I spent quite a lot of times at the beginning of my NP career learning, among other things, how to make/order the exactly right kind of coffee for some attendings I followed like a tail whenever I could. I also prepared their charts, reserved their favorite comp spots, etc... in exchange, they gave me their undivided attention and more teaching than to residents.

Will be deeply grateful to them all to the rest of my life.

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On 7/7/2020 at 8:04 AM, Asystole RN said:

I am going to take the unpopular route here and agree with Dr. Lee here.

Now I wholeheartedly believe nurses have a fundamentally important role in education but this particular topic would have likely benefited from a specialist.

Beth Hanes BSN, RN, the writer is not a dermatology expert nor does she have any kind of special clinical experience. She is a full time writer who happens to also be a nurse.

Having read the article you referenced I find that it is extremely generic information you could probably find out on a day camp bulletin board poster or in a family First Aid book.

So I'm wondering why this particular topic would be one that could've benefited from a specialist.

No reason why a dermatologist couldn't have written that article, it's true to a point. If a patient does have sun poisoning, the dermatologist hands it off as it's now a systemic emergency.

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On 7/13/2020 at 12:26 PM, cov1dea said:

Someday, when I become an RN, if I get paid well for getting a Dr a coffee, I do it. Less headaches. I get coffees every day for him or her. I'd rather do it than dealing with entitled mean pts. ?

I once moved our breakroom coffee maker to an empty patient room so it could use the red plugs during an unexpected and LONG power outage so we could all have coffee on our night shift, and the attending in particular was super grateful. I was new to the unit and I’m pretty sure that’s what sold me to him as a critical-thinking-problem-solver ?

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Another true life story of an entertainment doctor showing her ignorance. Stay tuned for another exciting episode.

Dr. Pimple Popper does not seem to know that most of the patient education actually comes from nurses. Some of them know more than doctors like herself.

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RE: the coffee thing: I really have no problem with getting coffee for anyone, regardless of their position in the hierarchy, as long as there is a "please" and "thank you" tossed in. By the same token, I have no qualms about asking someone to grab me a coffee or water if they're headed that way.

No "please" or "thank you" and I will remind one of the manners mama taught years ago. Frankly, we have so much more to worry about today.

As for pimple popper...ugh. Makes my skin crawl.

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On 7/13/2020 at 6:27 PM, KatieMI said:

Well, I spent quite a lot of times at the beginning of my NP career learning, among other things, how to make/order the exactly right kind of coffee for some attendings I followed like a tail whenever I could. I also prepared their charts, reserved their favorite comp spots, etc... in exchange, they gave me their undivided attention and more teaching than to residents.

Will be deeply grateful to them all to the rest of my life.

You have a great attitude and are to be commended for it!

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