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

[Lisa Meyer]

Just my humble opinion here.  I don't think I'm God's gift to NP practice, 
but I did think that my FNP board exam was ridiculously easy.  Many major 
areas weren't even tested.  I was done in under an hour.  I really haven't 
heard what other's have thought of the ANCC exam...

Lisa

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>
>
> 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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