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DNP Opinions at ACNP Conference
October 8, 2009 3:09 PM by Jill Rollet
Responding to a question from the floor at this morning's opening session, current ACNP president Thad Wilson and immediate past president Julie Stanik-Hutt offered their personal opinions about the need for NPs to earn a DNP degree by 2015. Wilson sees Read More...
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On the Scene at GAPNA
October 3, 2009 8:41 AM by Michelle Pronsati
The care of older adults is the overriding issue at this year's GAPNA conference of course, but members are also turning their attention to national practice issues that affect all NP specialties. Yesterday, Evelyn Duffy, NP, director of the adult and Read More...
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AMA Doesn't Like That Pesky DNP Exam, Either
June 30, 2009 10:12 AM by Jennifer Ford
Earlier this month the American Medical Association held its House of Delegates meeting, during which it discusses what issues are important to their profession and sets the stage for political action to be pursued by the organization. The American Academy Read More...
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First-Time AANP Conference Attendee: Part 2
June 24, 2009 3:54 PM by Jennifer Ford
This is the second in a series of blog posts on the ADVANCE Voice NP blog by guest bloggers who were first-time attendees to the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) annual conference, held this year in Nashville. This post comes from Deborah Read More...
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DNP Still Stirs Emotions at NP Conference
June 17, 2009 7:33 PM by Jennifer Ford
The first day of sessions at the largest NP conference in history has come to a close. There are officially over 4,500 NPs attending the 24th National Conference of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, and even in the largest Gaylord resort in Read More...
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DNP More Expensive Than MD?
June 8, 2009 9:54 AM by Jill Rollet
When I think of how the economy is affecting NPs' decisions to pursue a doctor of nursing practice degree, two scenarios come immediately to mind: Someone who has recently lost a job might decide that now is the perfect time to go back to school. Alternatively, Read More...
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PA Says DNPs Shouldn’t Be Called "Doctor"
February 10, 2009 2:03 PM by Jennifer Ford
Blogger Physasst writes a blog about the PA profession, "Are You a Doctor??" and yesterday wrote a post called " DNP title... " in which he states that NPs have "gone off the deep end" by pursuing the DNP. He also comments on the use of the title "doctor" Read More...
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A Radical Economic Stimulus
January 29, 2009 8:33 AM by Michelle Pronsati
Today's Minneapolis Star Tribune features a guest editorial with an intriguing but radical proposal for stimulating economic recovery: Pay off all federally backed student loans. Wy Spano, director of the Masters of Advocacy and Political Leadership Program Read More...
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DNP Introduced to the Public
January 21, 2009 8:44 AM by Jill Rollet
Monday's Bismark (N.D.) Tribune ran a positive article introducing the role of nurse practitioners with a DNP to the public. "Nurse Who Is Also a Doctor" featured nurse practitioner Stacey Pfenning, who has a doctor of nursing practice degree. Although Read More...
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Doctorate of Nursing Practice Conference
October 10, 2008 9:55 PM by Jennifer Ford
A seed planted as a clinical doctorate project bloomed into the first annual doctorate of nursing practice conference . A group of DNP students from the University of Tennessee-Memphis created DNP LLC in 2006 to connect DNPs and DNP students, share information, Read More...
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Nursing Blog Hall of Fame
September 24, 2008 12:46 PM by Jennifer Ford
A compilation of 100 blogs by RNcentral.com is called "100 Best Blogs for Nursing Students." I'd venture to say that many of the blogs would also be interesting to NPs or NP students, such as " The Nurse Practitioner's Place " blog (number 37). Other Read More...
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Talking to Reporters
August 11, 2008 7:56 AM by Jill Rollet
A nice article about nurse practitioners showed up in the New York City edition of yesterday's New York Times . Although titled " Yes, the P.A. Will See You Now ," the article looks at both physician assistant and NP roles, and it does a good job covering Read More...
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Notable NPs
July 31, 2008 3:08 PM by Jennifer Ford
In the news this week have been profiles on two NPs making a difference: Julie Marfell of Kentucky and Kathy Trotter of North Carolina. Marfell was awarded the Kentucky Nurse Practitioner of the Year award from AANP. She was highlighted in the Lexington Read More...
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Editorial: DNP a Bad Idea
July 23, 2008 11:31 AM by Jennifer Ford
An editorialist for The Washington Times wrote an article about the DNP last week that makes some interesting points worth pondering. In Dane Stangler's " Doctor nurse will see you now ," he says he believes the DNP is a bad idea, mainly because with Read More...
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Many Still Question DNP at AANP Conference
June 29, 2008 8:07 AM by Jennifer Ford
Jan Towers, director of health policy for the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, led a session on the doctorate of nursing practice degree. She noted that far fewer NPs were in attendance to the session at this year's conference. "That's a good Read More...
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