Kara Short, MSN, CRNP, CPNP-PC

WHY? When I call out social media weather nonsense, many have called me “mean”, “disrespectful”, and “jealous” among other choice words. First off, I am a big freedom of speech guy. You can spew nonsense all day and I really don’t care. But, when your rhetoric begins to impact my people (the ones I serve) in a very harmful, negative way, then you will have to deal with me. One example; this guy on TikTok gathered just under 9 million views for his video posted well before Christmas, promoting a snow storm for the southern U.S. January 3/4 (today and tomorrow). What is the harm? I had one person telling me they were going to cancel elective surgery scheduled today because of the TikTok guy and his snowstorm. One family was going to cancel a needed vacation trip to the beach. It seems as a society we have lost our ability to distinguish truth, and how to find a reliable source of information. Some believe anything they see on these social platforms. Concerning snow and ice, it is all we can do to get it right 24/48 hours in advance. There is no skill in any specific forecast out to two weeks. Only in pattern recognition. These folks certainly don’t understand numerical weather prediction in any way, and most of them don’t understand how the atmosphere works. Please consider finding credible sources when it comes to weather, and always “think before you share”. Call me what you want, but I will always be protective of the people I serve here.

Unedited love song for the kidneys during #nephjc party #kidneywk All the applause go to @Maximal_Change

Standardized care keeps the nephrologists away! Our preliminary data show that this bundle designed to address fluid overload before it happens can reduce the time on ventilator, oxygen and NICU days. @NeonatalKidney @NeoConsortium

Had so much fun teaching renal replacement therapy to our amazing Neonatologists at @NeoConsortium in Denver!!

@nicupodcast is back! The first interview with the #RRT workshop team and leaders of the CHNC Kidney Focus Group @StoopsChristine @PerazzoSofia @karashort and Jenny Rumpel #2024chncsymposium

So honored to go back to my Nephrology roots and rep the Carpediem device at the RRT in the NICU workshop at CHNC with my forever mentor @CatherineJ20, BCM NICU fam Ganga and Mona, and Kidney Focus Group fam Sofia, Christine, Jenny, Kara, Tahagod and so many more! 🫘🤩

Kicking off the #INNS2024 afternoon after an amazing family speaker is @karashort from @uabpeds PICAN. @NeonatalKidney @DDD_Askenazi

I love this room FULL of people talking about neonatal kidney disease. Starting of the meeting strong with excellent talks and discussion! #INNS2024

Great kick off to INNS last night! Have you ever been to a conference with a neon sign? #INNS2024 @DDD_Askenazi @ChildrensAL @uabmedicine

Our 15th Neonatal and Infant Course for Kidney Support is in the books!! Now onto INNS!!!! #NICKS #INNS2024 #LFG

Did you know the NKC has endorsed the inaugural International Neonatal Nephrology Symposium happening this September? Early bird registration ends soon with abstract submissions due June 7th! Our Keynote Speaker will be none other than @slgold777 childrensal.org/2024-internati…

@DDD_Askenazi @uabpeds @ChildrensAL Thank you!! So much fun working with you and our team everyday!

Congrats to ⁦@karashort⁩ and Jessica Edmondson. We the patients and the families we care ⁦@uabpeds⁩ and ⁦⁦@ChildrensAL⁩ are so lucky that you chose Nephrology ! #NP_Rock_Stars

@slgold777 Thanks!!!

So lucky to know them!! Congrats!!

Want to learn more about neonatal dialysis? sign up now for the 1.5 day Neonatal and Infant Course for Kidney Support (NICKS). The June 10-11 course will be our last virtual meeting of 2024. @ASPNeph @ESPNIC_Society @NeonatalKidney @NeoConsortium Click QR to see information.

In this months JAMA PEDS, survey results were presented on the RAFT study sites. Dialysis has changed across the US in a few short years. Please take a look at the comments from parents with babies born with bilateral renal agenesis. @neokidney jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

So proud of @TWebbMD for this innovative way to categorize our tiniest heart babies!! Love her the most and so happy I get ti work and learn with her everyday!

So honored to be with this incredible group of legends over the last couple of days!! Thank you @mcstarr1 for all your hard work to put this on!

Come see us in Birmingham in September! We are so excited to host neonatology and nephrology care teams from across the world!

Thanks for the invite @karashort and @DDD_Askenazi. It was a great and fun experience!! So excited to be part of #13, which would clearly be Taylor Swifts favorite! #LuckyNumber13

@KyleMerrillMD @DDD_Askenazi Ahhhh knew I forgot to tag someone! And I forgot @MeaganReagan23 and @TWebbMD