[NPInfo] Re: [ACC-Circle] Fwd: Wall Street Journal DNP article

[Nbalkon at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/4/2008 1:15:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
dmittman at comcast.net writes:

Connie  et al: How do we best show that NPs are comparable to docs?  
This is  one way... Although this is a strange way to do it- but  
taking a  test equivalent to the clinical section of the Med Boards is  
an  interesting concept

Dave, with all due respect.... I disagree with this  idea....
Why must NPs and other APRNs for that matter "prove"  themselves by taking 
medical board equivalent?  Why? Why?  Why?
 
National Board Certification exists for NPs...  First ask  are these exams 
valid and reliable predictors of competence for entry into  practice? What do 
you think?

 
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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