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

[Diana Galler]

Hmmmm.. I wrote a response but can't find where it got sent. Sorry, but I never publically share in-depth Emails without the consent of the original author.
  Dena Galler 

"Margaret A. Fitzgerald, DNP, NP-C, FNP-BC, FAANP, CSP" <pegf at hotmail.com> wrote:
  Dena, Could you share the contents of that email in detail? Where are you going to school? 
Dr. Margaret A. Fitzgerald, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP President, Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, Inc. 85 Flagship Drive North Andover, MA 01845-6154 978.794.8366 FHEA website www.fhea.com FHEA on line store www.fhea.biz peg at fhea.com
FNP, Adjunct Faculty, Family Practice Residency Greater Lawrence (MA) Family Health Center, Inc.

> Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 08:18:44 -0700> From: galdena at sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: [NPInfo] Re: CACC & BACC website....> To: npinfo at nurse.net> > The Email that was sent to myself and my classmates from our DNP program stated:> > "this certification was spearheaded by Dr. Mary Mundinger, Dean of Nursing at Columbia University in conjunction with the medical community to evaluate DNP practice as some level of physician practice." > > Perhaps we should all write to dear Mary and thank her for her support in advancing the cause of advanced nursing practitioners???? Could she REALLY be behind this outrageous idea?> Dena Galler> > Nbalkon at aol.com wrote:> 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> > > > **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. > (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)> _______________________________________________> NPInfo mailing list> NPInfo at nurse.net> http://lists.nurse.net/mailman/listinfo/npinfo> *****************************> > _______________________________________________> NPInfo mailing list> NPInfo at nurse.net> http://lists.nurse.net/mailman/listinfo/npinfo> *****************************_______________________________________________
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