Fwd: [NPInfo] New Press Release dated yesterday

[David Mittman]

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> From: David Mittman <dmittman at advancedprac.com>
> Date: June 11, 2008 12:29:21 PM EDT
> To: NPinfo Info <NPinfo at nurse.net>
> Subject: [NPInfo] New Press Release dated yesterday
> Reply-To: NP Info <npinfo at nurse.net>
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> More confusing than ever.
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> I still have a problem. Please someone help me with this particular  
> one.
> The DNP is open to all APNs.
> Anesthetists and midwives and CNSs are APN and can get a DNP.
> The Columbia people want all DNPs to pass this NBME test and the  
> test will have clinical questions similar to let's say heavy duty  
> Im, Em, Derm, Card, Psych, etc.
> How will a midwife, a CNM or any other APN except an NP be expected  
> to pass it. Do these people treat depression? Do they manage  
> diabetes? Do they treat thyroid disease or other IM dz's?
> How can they pass if the test is on the full scope of clinical  
> medicine?
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> Doctor of Nursing Degree Gets Go-Ahead
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> Copyright 2008 by Virgo Publishing.
> http://www.surgicenteronline.com/
> Posted on: 06/10/2008
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> Columbia University School of Nursing announced that its new  
> program has been successfully registered by New York State. The  
> Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program received unanimous  
> approval by Columbia University Academic Senate in February, and  
> this was the final step in the review process for transitioning the  
> DNSc program to the PhD in Nursing. The first class of PhD students  
> will enter in Fall 2008.
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> The DNP program will offer a clinically focused curriculum to  
> prepare expert practitioners. The degree represents the highest  
> academic preparation in clinical nursing. Graduates of the DNP  
> program will be advanced practice nurses with the knowledge and  
> skills for fully accountable expert care to patients across all  
> care settings. The clinical doctorate can be conferred in  
> conjunction with any specialty in advanced nursing practice.
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> The PhD in Nursing program offers a research-intensive curriculum  
> to prepare nurse-investigators who are ready to begin to conduct  
> research on nursing problems, outcomes and health policy  
> independently and as leaders of interdisciplinary teams. Graduates  
> of the PhD program will have the investigative skills necessary to  
> extend clinical nursing knowledge through innovation and discovery.
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> They will be trained in health policy principles to work  
> collaboratively with other professionals and advocacy groups to  
> improve the health care system. Specifically, nurse-scientist  
> graduates will be prepared to begin to:
>
> >>Design, conduct, direct and report research studies that increase  
> knowledge about the outcomes of nursing and other clinical practice.
> >>Translate the evidence accumulated through research into practice
> >>Develop and carry out innovative and informed health policies for  
> improved organization and delivery of health services
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> The PhD courses are in three major clusters:
> 1)      theoretical foundations of nursing science
> 2)      analytical foundations of nursing science
> 3)      elective and application courses closely mentored by  
> faculty through which the student develops specialized research  
> expertise.
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> The school describes the difference between DNP and PhD by the  
> following definitions:
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> The PhD degree is a research doctorate that requires a dissertation  
> and that prepares graduates to function as beginning nurse- 
> investigators and scholars, with the goal of building a program of  
> research as independent nurse-scientists involved in the discovery  
> and refinement of nursing knowledge.
>
> The DNP degree is a clinical doctorate that prepares the graduate  
> to practice independently with the most complex patients, in any  
> setting, utilizing complicated informatics and evidence-based  
> decision-making skills. The degree requires a DNP portfolio that is  
> of equal detail and compelling evidence as a research dissertation.
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> The DNP is the highest degree for nurse-clinicians and prepares  
> them to practice fully accountable care for patients across  
> settings and over time.
>
> According to an article written by Myrle Croasdale, an AMNews  
> staffer, the American Medical Association and the American Academy  
> of Family Physicians said they support advances in nursing  
> education but emphasized that nurses should operate as part of a  
> healthcare team under physician supervision. AMA Board of Trustees  
> Secretary, William A. Hazel Jr., MD, said there are important  
> distinctions between DNPs and physicians that the public should  
> understand.
>
> "I do not want to be construed as attacking nurses, but there are  
> concerns," Hazel told the reporter. "There's a difference in  
> training that should not be overlooked."
>
> Richard Hawkins, MD, NBME, vice president for assessment programs,  
> said the test will be based on Step 3 of the U.S. Medical Licensing  
> Exam, the last level in the test series.
>
> Also, the article reports that about 75 graduates qualify to take  
> the DNP certification test. Once nursing schools finish their  
> program expansions, she expects there will be at least 2,000 DNPs  
> graduating each year. Candidates must first complete a master's- 
> level nurse practitioner degree before they begin a DNP program.
>
> For more information on the program, click here.
>
> Source: Columbia University School of Nursing
>
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