Ninja Warrior Nurse; Hand Hygiene 101; The Holiday Gift We Really Need

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Emergency department nurse by day, ninja warrior by night? Brittany Hanks Doweidt, RN, shows off her skills.

“If you’re surprised by this, especially if you work in medicine, you need to open your eyes,” said pediatric hematologist @acweyand, in response to a biased ChatGPT diagnosis.

Do clinical credentials count if you’re with your mother? Apparently not, according to this pediatrician and this surgeon.

This “married to medicine” duo went viral on X for their hospital reunion.

Although this transplant surgeon has “surgically scrubbed his hands 4,000 times and washed his hands probably 15,000 times,” his institution’s training courses are unrelenting.

After the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner determined that actor Matthew Perry’s death was chiefly due to the “acute effects of ketamine,” @hospicenursejulie reminded her audience that there was “more to [him] than how and why he died.”

In a satirical video, @doctoryoun informs his followers about a fake medical condition called “epidermolysis feminosa,” which “may be related to excess exposure to foul-smelling and revolting male pheromones.”

A patient gave surgeon @livelaughexlap the gift she “really needed”: perspective.

Emergency physician Sam Ghali, MD, advises followers against dismissing elderly patients who “just don’t feel right.”

“Physician retention is more important than ever!” says radiologist Rich Duszak, MD, sharing statistics on specialties with the highest intention to leave their academic institutions.

Anesthesiology resident Tricia Pendergrast, MD, shares her thoughts on the lack of a unified digital system for managing U.S. health records.

“Stay home if you are sick,” warns pediatrician Jennifer Payne Trask, MD, MS, urging followers to be wary of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID-19 during the holiday season.

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