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

[suernfnp at iwon.com]

I've never heard of this organization before, and I've been a FNP since 1999. Who are these people? And what gives them the right to give certification exams?

Sue D in MI




 --- On Fri 04/04, Nbalkon at aol.com < Nbalkon at aol.com > wrote:
From: Nbalkon at aol.com [mailto: Nbalkon at aol.com]
To: npinfo at nurse.net
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 07:41:31 EDT
Subject: [NPInfo] Re: CACC & BACC website....

In a message dated 4/3/2008 10:09:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  <br>dmittman at comcast.net writes:<br><br>CACC<br>The DNP degree is an academic program of study that provides  formal  <br>education for nurses who aspire to a complex advanced  practice, with  <br>broader scope and responsibility than master's degree  education  <br>provides. Nurses with the clinical doctorate are  distinguished by  <br>their ability to provide sophisticated  comprehensive care that is  <br>central to improving an individual's  health care.<br><br>Founded in 2000, the Council for the Advancement of  Comprehensive  <br>Care (CACC) is the leading academic organization for  the promulgation  <br>of doctoral level clinical nursing. The Council is  a consortium of  <br>distinguished academic and health policy leaders who  are committed to  <br>assuring high standards of doctoral nursing  practice.<br><br>ALSO...<br> <br>In order  to distinguish DNP graduates who have achieved a high level  <br>of  
competence in comprehensive care, CACC and the National Board of   <br>Medical Examiners (NBME) have agreed to offer a certification   <br>examination that will validate the advanced clinical competency of   <br>these graduates.<br><br><br><br>NANCE  RESPONDS: Really?????   The "leading" organization.  Am  concerned <br>whenever such claims are made.  CACC and NBME writing cert exam  to "validate" <br>advanced clin compentency of DNP grads.   MY  QUESTION:  So... the current <br>national board exams and credentialing  structure has no merit????? Here is their <br>website: _http://abcc.dnpcert.org/about.shtml_ <br>(http://abcc.dnpcert.org/about.shtml) <br> <br><br>Nancy Balkon, PhD, ANP-C, APRN-CS, NPP<br>Southern New York State  Representative -- AANP<br>Clinical Associate Professor, Stony Brook University  School of Nursing<br><br><br><br>**************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides.    <br>  
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