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

[Nbalkon at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/5/2008 2:01:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
DKiley at alaska.net writes:

Excellent points Dena- While I have no desire, nor intention of taking  this
exam, I wonder, has anyone asked how well the family docs or  internists
would do if they took  the ANCC or AANP  exams?
NANCE's response to DKiley...
 
Way to go!  Great question!  I've asked it but not as directly as  you...
 
I need not take and MD exam to validate my competency...
Besides... many of us who routinely access "physician" texts and review  
books.... have "answered" MD board sim questions... quite well by the way... and  
"even" understand the content in the textbooks!
 
QUESTION:  Are you aware of the references used to validate/verified  content 
for questions on AANP cert exams in adult, family, gerontology?   Question 
content must be validated/verified. At professional meetings have you  looked at 
the texts on display for NPs? What texts and references [journals  included] 
are used routinely in NP programs?
 
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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