nursemark29

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1. 2015 DNP

   nursemark29 replied to BabyLady's topic in Doctoral

   Dr. Tammy, I was looking at your educational accomplishments, and I am quite impressed. I am an Excelsior College graduate also. I'll be in University of Phoenix's MSN/FNP program as of November 11th of this year. Just some thoughts. My problem ...

2. 2015 DNP

   nursemark29 replied to BabyLady's topic in Doctoral

   Guinea, Wow! There were quite a few words in your post that put words in my mouth. First, I respect physicians and what they've gone through to get where they are. Second, the study I was talking about was published in JAMA, not just nursing journ...

3. 2015 DNP

   nursemark29 replied to BabyLady's topic in Doctoral

   I question whether or not requiring the DNP movement will cut down the number of advanced practice nurses and drive up salaries. Why? There are quite a few P.A. programs out there, and they have no intention of going to a doctorate degree. When we...

4. 2015 DNP

   nursemark29 replied to BabyLady's topic in Doctoral

   Reasons why I choose not to drink the Kool-Aid offered by the AACN and the Universities who are sponsoring the DNP degree: 1. There have been studies conducted showing that MSN prepared nurse practitioners perform as well as, if not better than, phy...

5. 2015 DNP

   nursemark29 replied to BabyLady's topic in Doctoral

   So here's the deal. I don't see our profession as being so malicious as to tell someone who has graduated an MSN level nurse practitioner program that they started before the year 2015, "Oh well. It's 2015 now. You need to get a DNP degree, or els...