Hi all! First, I want to say that I am NOT starting this thread to start a war. I am working on my very last assignment for my DNP/FNP (graduating 5/4). 1300 clinical hours were required for graduation and was completed in Peds, Geri, clinical diagnostics, Adult 1 & 2 and OB/GYN. Anyway heres the issue...An APRN is a NP, CNS, CRNA or CNM. (I put this here because, I myself, mixed up the letters and initially thought the issue was about ARNPs). Non APRNS are those nurses who have a master's in*nursing*education, nursing administration or another area. They are not clinicians. They do not have a*patient*population they care for.*Please*review the*consensus*documents for further*explanation. RMU accepts only APRNs in our post master's DNP*program. Other DNP programs accept non APRNs. This is*the*debate. *Can a*post*master's DNP program be*appropriate*for an APRN who does not have a patient population?