[NPInfo] Re: CACC & BACC website....

[Nbalkon at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/3/2008 10:09:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
dmittman at comcast.net writes:

CACC
The DNP degree is an academic program of study that provides  formal  
education for nurses who aspire to a complex advanced  practice, with  
broader scope and responsibility than master's degree  education  
provides. Nurses with the clinical doctorate are  distinguished by  
their ability to provide sophisticated  comprehensive care that is  
central to improving an individual's  health care.

Founded in 2000, the Council for the Advancement of  Comprehensive  
Care (CACC) is the leading academic organization for  the promulgation  
of doctoral level clinical nursing. The Council is  a consortium of  
distinguished academic and health policy leaders who  are committed to  
assuring high standards of doctoral nursing  practice.

ALSO...
 
In order  to distinguish DNP graduates who have achieved a high level  
of  competence in comprehensive care, CACC and the National Board of   
Medical Examiners (NBME) have agreed to offer a certification   
examination that will validate the advanced clinical competency of   
these graduates.



NANCE  RESPONDS: Really?????   The "leading" organization.  Am  concerned 
whenever such claims are made.  CACC and NBME writing cert exam  to "validate" 
advanced clin compentency of DNP grads.   MY  QUESTION:  So... the current 
national board exams and credentialing  structure has no merit????? Here is their 
website: _http://abcc.dnpcert.org/about.shtml_ 
(http://abcc.dnpcert.org/about.shtml) 
 

Nancy Balkon, PhD, ANP-C, APRN-CS, NPP
Southern New York State  Representative -- AANP
Clinical Associate Professor, Stony Brook University  School of Nursing



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