Years ago A nurse practitioner misdiagnosed my mom’s heart attack as “probably a pulled chest muscle”. A week later she had a massive heart attack-doc told her she should be six feet under. Long story but because she was told it’s not a heart attack she didn’t seek help until she almost died.
Last week another nurse practitioner spent about 60 seconds with her and told her she just had a virus, nothing can be done. Mom was so miserable she followed up two days later with her doctor: her eardrum was ruptured from a “raging” ear infection. Two rounds of antibiotics still haven’t helped, she spent two and a half hours with an ENT to figure out what’s going on. Obviously a severe infection but the nurse practitioner couldn’t even recognize an ear infection.
With urgent care in their system you see a nurse practitioner, not a doctor. They misdiagnose often.