An NP’s open letter to a general medicine consultant

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An NP’s open letter to a general medicine consultant

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Stethoscope cloth heart [CR Marek Studzinski on Unsplash]
A phone call to a hospital consultant about a patient with heart failure leaves an NP feeling perplexed [Image: Marek Studzinski on Unsplash]

Nurse practitioner John recounts the dismissive attitude he encountered from a hospital consultant when trying to do the best for his patient

I hope you were just having a bad day, and I called you at the wrong time Dear Doctor, Hi, I’m John, a nurse practitioner at a GP practice in