What's up with these nurse practitioner/DNP discussions

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So I've been hearing that NP will no longer be able to attain that status with a master's level degree and that they must now have a doctorate of nursing practice?? Is what I am hearing right and when does this take affect.

So if this is true does that mean we are going to be calling our NP's "doctor so-and-so" now? Will NP's practice be expanded to be even more doctor like, and will there be a salary increase coming in the future?

Specializes in ICU.

I am just an RN, but I have several friends who are nurse practitioners, and yes, in certain areas the market is over-saturated. It seems that everybody and their brother wants to be an NP. Personally, I think this position should be doctorate prepared. I just wouldn't want the tuition debt unless I was guaranteed a job when I got out.

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
I am not saying this is true for every state out there, it takes years to make this change. They are still working on it. They are saying that a masters degree cannot get you a NP degree, you will need your Doctorate. This change can take years, but this s what They are saying.

Who is "they"?

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Has there been a salary differentiation to date? Does anyone care to weigh in on this? From what I understand there is yet to be a clearly defined role for a DNP in a healthcare org.

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Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.

*** What knowledge and skills are possessed or expected of a DNP prepared FNP that are not possessed or expected of an MSN prepared FNP?

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Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.

has there been a salary differentiation to date?

*** absolutely none i have seen or heard of. nor will there be. medicaid and insurance reimbursements are not going to be increased because of the education level of the practitioner. the trend is going the other way. for example just a few years ago there were two level of reimbursement for anesthesia. one for mdas and one for crnas. now the reimbursement for any procedure is the same for both. this is going to keep happening.

from what i understand there is yet to be a clearly defined role for a dnp in a healthcare org.

*** sure there is. it is and will be exactly the same as it is for the msn prepared practitioner.

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