[NPInfo] Clinical doctorate

[Jeffrey Hazzard]

   Beth,
   
      I am glad it was meaningful to you.
   
     I got to do the same thing in my masters program.  We had to choose a nursing theorist, (I chose Nola Pender because her theory was the shortest one in the book and the silly things are really rather interchangeable) and then alter the theory in a novel way to integrate the theory into our practice to form a personalized practice model.  The whole ordeal was the null set for me.  Oh I got an "A" and accolades for "forming a basis of professional practice that will see you through a professional career" but I couldn't tell you anything about Nola Pender now if you held a gun to my head.
     Beth, I understand that you may find enjoyment and purpose and gain concept cohesion  from theory/grand theory as a means to organize principles that are mainstays of your practice.  Unfortunately I am not wired that way and will NEVER, EVER, EVER be involved in any education in which nursing theory is presented as subject matter.  To take what is essentially a technical job, only made professional because of the delicate integration of myriad technical data to make decisions, and hang it on flimsy theory is absurd and a travesty to our patients who are counting on us to know our stuff.
    I'm sorry Beth, I think you are wrong for me and most NPs.  I can't see it any other way.  As I said in a nationally published op-ed piece that I wrote 10 years ago and which still resonates back to me, "the emperor has no clothes."
   
         Jeff Hazzard
   
   
  artin <epartinfnp at aol.com> wrote:
  Jeff,
I agree that nursing theory at the BSN & MSN level can be tedious. However, at the doctorate level, it becomes much more interesting and even a little fun. You get to learn how to develop your own theory as a basis for your own research. Then you get to apply it. While my doctoral education was the most challenging and difficult, it was also some of the most enjoyable learning I have done... and all of it meaningful to my career. For me it was a good choice to pursue the degree, but it's an individual choice.
Beth Partin

-----Original Message-----
From: "Jeffrey Hazzard"
Sent: 2/20/07 6:11:38 AM
To: "npinfo npinfo", "ACC Listserv"
Subject: [NPInfo] Clinical doctorate
Here we go again. If the DNP contains the same nursing theory I've had twice already (bachelors and masters level) I'm not interested. I'll go into sales or be a sailboat delivery captain instead of sitting through it a third time should it become mandatory. On the other hand, if a clinical doctorate is reality-based, I'd both advocate for its adoption for the NP (PA) professions and consider it myself. 

I am 43 years old. After a person turns 40 he begins to see the world for what it is, and to call it by its name. I am not going to sit through a course of bull$#&% a third time. I don't know much about any nursing doctorates, but I know a lot about nursing faculty and being a nursing student. Reality and nursing education only intersect at random intervals and as tagent lines, the lines never really cross.

Jeff, NP Tampa


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