I'm not sure the DNP is the limiting factor for open positions or clinical placement as a masters degree & licensure is all that is required to practice per the MN board of nursing. This is stated...
Which certifying body did you choose for your CNS certification? ANCC and their ACNS-BC, AGCNS-BC, etc or AACN with their CCNS or the new ACCNS(-AG,P,N)? Are there any other organizations that...
Winona State University offers a BSN-DNP with two different leadership tracks: Nursing Leadership Program: Nursing and Organizational Leadership Or Nursing Leadership Program: Practice and Leadership...
Thank you both TraumaRUs & Whispera for your insight. I agree all the acronyms are confusing if you don't know what they are which I often feel creates confusion for the public and healthcare...
I was browsing on the NACNS website and came across an area describing current initiatives with one of the following being "Population-based CNS Competency development underway - Women's...
I haven't heard anything further about the development of the family/lifespan CNS certification. I know Winona State University (http://www.winona.edu) has an RN to MS professional pathway for...
Oh gotcha. You're hoping to be filling more the traditional advance practice prescriber role. Many a CNS on here has encouraged those wanting to be an APN to do an NP program over a CNS
I'm in an adult-gero CNS program. Our co-hort is kinda small, the big hospitals in my area are all looking at Magnet so there hiring CNS's for the traditional
@Melina Is you school working on developing a "Lifespan" or "Family" scope of practice preparation CNS? I too am in a Adult-Gero CNS program so I understand the APRN consensus model and the transition...
What was so character building about your first year as an APRN? I have just finished my first semester in my AGCNS program. I am hoping to be in the nursing patient education / staff development,...
I was in a similar situation as you on my journey to becoming a registered nurse. I graduated with a BA in liberal arts with a major in psychology. I didn't want my undergrad degree to go un-used so I...