Navigating Nurse-Physician Conflict as a Resident: What to Do When the Workplace Dynamic Gets Hostile
An intern gets yelled at by a nurse on day one and is told a single bad evaluation could end their career. A resident snaps back at a nurse who’s been rude to them for weeks and ends up the one getting reported. A resident on day 12 of a stretch gets guilted for taking […]
Medical School Expansion Won’t Fix Shortages Soon
A wave of new medical schools and rural training programs across the U.S. aims to address a projected 140,000-physician shortage by 2036. However, the decade-long timeline from enrollment to independent practice means current physician leverage and compensation pressures will persist well into the 2030s, with specialty shortages remaining largely unaddressed by primary care-focused expansion.