Some schools are already replacing their MSN/NP programs with the DNP. I have also read that a DNP will be the requirement to practice as a NP. I look at it two ways. Either I hurry up and do the masters program to be a Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, or I get ahead of the game and start a DNP program now. U of M Ann Arbor has a RN to MSN for P/MHNP, but U of M Flint is already swithching to a RN to DNP P/MHNP this Fall. I just finished a LPN to RN program, 60 credits in 16 mos., and I'm already freaking out about the next step!