Docs, Nurses React to Trump Executive Orders; RNs vs ICU Mom; Post-Wildfire Masking?

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Doctors including Zachary Rubin, MD, and Eric Burnett, MD, blasted the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO), speaking to the likely consequences for public and global health.

Meanwhile, Alexis Rose, RN, spoke out against rescinding the “sensitive locations policy,” which had prevented immigration enforcement actions in or near hospitals.

“We probably shouldn’t have politicians making uninformed policies about health/medicine,” said Vicki Chan, MD, in response to a Trump executive order that may have inadvertently classified everyone in America as a “female.”

In response to Trump administration executive orders targeting transgender and nonbinary Americans, LGBTQ+ healthcare professionals and medical students voiced support for the queer community and their access to care.

“This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities,” said internal medicine and addiction doctor Jane Liebschutz, MD, MPH, in response to the administration’s cancellation of NIH grant review panels.

Nurses @nurse.alexrn and @scrubhacks reacted in horror to a viral video of a mom unplugging her baby’s monitor in the ICU because the mom wanted the healthcare team to bring her a drink.

“The smallest execs who ever lived,” read a Taylor Swift-themed picket line sign held by ob/gyn Jennifer Lincoln, MD, as she joined the frontlines of the union strike at Providence Health in Oregon.

In response to the TikTok trend on “balancing hormones,” medical resident @juliarose.md asked other content creators if they could actually name hormones and their functions.

What would doctors grab during an emergency hospital evacuation? Anesthesiologist Tiffany Moon, MD, shared her take.

What is this? Dariya Korenblit, MD, took to Instagram to emphasize that pathologists don’t always instantly understand what they’re observing.

Should people continue to mask after the wildfire smoke clears? Infectious disease epidemiologist Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS, said yes and shared the possible lingering health risks on Instagram.

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