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You were actually taught to read X-rays??? Good for you. I wasn't. I will have to take a course on it myself someday. Till then, I have to rely on others to read it for me. IF your track is a research one, it would be useful. However, if you plan to ...

That is why I asked, what will this added hurdle do for me? Ok, it is not as much work as a PhD but it is more than an MSN. Will this fluff make me a better clinician? Probably not.

In Other Words.

IOW, the DNP is going to have more fluff and no real clinical benefits?

Sorry, I must have missed that part. So you are saying with my BSN, I can go straight into the DNP? How much longer will it take then when compared to the current MSN program?

ok. convince me why i should pursue being an np then. if i have to go that far to be an np (bsn, msn and dnp), why don't i just go to the md route? more money, no collaboration, etc, etc. imo, it will kill the np program. otoh, what is the advantage...

I guess you need to find out when you will graduate and see if you fall under the rule.

Why not cut out the fluff classes and add more clinicals in it? Some of my classes are wonderful if I were going further on in the research field. I'd gladly have dropped them and done more clinical classes. Let whoever wants take the business and po...

I am not as interested in the title of Doctor. Now if you tell me that I can be on par with an MD after all that work and practice independently and not have to have a supervising or collaborating physician if I get my DNP, that might be something to...

Maybe there should be a study to determine one way or the other. I would welcome that. IF I were inadequate, then I would not mind going thru a DNP program if that is what is called for. Just going thru it "just cos" is a difficult pill to swallow. T...

Not doing that intentionally that I know of. I know that. What I want to know and perhaps phrased badly is that a little while back, someone mentioned that there was a study that said the MSN prepared NPs provided similar levels of care to the MDs. W...

OK. How? Are MSN NPs giving lower standard of care compared to MDs? Non specialty of course. And with a DNP, what else will they get to do that an MSN doesn't?

but will it change those who go thru the dnp route? how much better will it make them? target date is 2015? ok. what about the difference between a 2014 msn np and a 2015 dnp np? will it change the way either practices in a positive sense? iow, will ...

Didn't read this post yet before I replied. Oh well. Rodney Atkins has a song about that Well you know those times When you feel like there's a sign there on your back Say's I don't mind if ya kick me Seems like everybody has Things go from bad to w...

Well, firstly, how honest can you be with yourself? You don't have to post the answers here but you need to ask yourself some hard questions. I got paid the same as I would in my nursing job with 10 yrs experience. Only difference is 8-5 hours and n...

Needed how? Has anyone proved thru any studies that as a MSN NP you are not adequate? If so, you might be right. It is a great thing but until someone can show some concrete proof, how do you know it is needed? IOW, can you say with certainty that as...

Didn't think you were abrupt. Was just thinking of dinner and steak

Tried that but the fluffmasters still caught me

Whoops. My bad. I meant DEA number.

But if they took out the fluff and put in what you say, would we really need a DNP? It sounds like we need the DNP to compensate for the fluff that we got.

I think someone mentioned it earlier that it would be better if we took all the fluff out of the MSN. That's my point. Also some schools will not accept you to the MSN program until you have had X number of years as a RN, IIRC. With that eqation you...

Offering a higher degree for you to choose IS a good idea. What I am saying is that to mandate it will kill the NP program. IF you cannot be sure that it is going to improve the level of care, why mandate it? To compare apples to apples, how long wo...

I thought they don't have the FDA number to write scripts? Not sure, just asking.

money is more quantifiable. in any case, i don't think that anyone has proven that an md gives better treatment than an np, have they? as an np, i am still tied to an md. as an md, i can set up shop where i like without an rn, np or whatever. so, if ...

$3.125 is only one part of the picture. When you go to school, you cannot run a full workload. That means money lost. That money loss is larger when you consider the interest you would have made if you had that money. IF you took out a loan, add that...