[NPInfo] More on the DNP.

[Diana Galler]

Well, there you go!  According to this, those of us in "bridging" DNP programs don't qualify to take the new exam anyway if there was NO clinical residency involved in the program <G>. I couldn't take it then even if I WANTED to!
  Dena Galler

David Mittman <dmittman at advancedprac.com> wrote:
  From Elayne DeSimone, ANP, PhD, DAANP. Elayne is the President-Elect 
of the ACC and an NP educaator and a great clinician. I know her for 
a very long time and she cares about NPs and PAs.
Dave


Dave,
can you forward to whomever this list went to?
GREAT question Dave,
It is my understanding that only those DNP graduates who can document 
that their residency time was spent in direct care as a nurse 
practitioner would be granted opportunity to sit for this exam, which 
is NOT, by the way intended to supplant the existing cert. exams 
given by AANP, ANCC, NAPNAP etc. (we will also see how that plays out 
in years to come). This exam as I understand it, is not available to 
CNMs, etc - only NPs.
Additionally, those NPs who may be clinical experts, but who have NOT 
graduated from a DNP program are NOT eligible. In my situation, 27 
years of np practice, with a PhD does NOT qualify me for this new 
exam, it doesn't matter that I teach DNP students. 
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