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

[David Mittman]

Nancy: My point is NOT that we have to SHOW we are as good as  
physicians or take an exam to do so. The point of the article and a  
few of the nurses (not all NPs) that spoke had that view. That is the  
reason for the NBNE exam.
My point was that if one intended to show that they were close to a  
physician this was an interesting way to do it. One that the DOs  
never wanted to do.
My other point was that if ONLY people who graduate DNP programs can  
only take this exam, it becomes a new profession.
Dave

On Apr 5, 2008, at 1:30 AM, Nbalkon at aol.com wrote:

>
>
> 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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