Nursing/Health Related

Question

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing proposed that by 2015 all Advanced Practice Nursing education will have moved to the doctoral level. 

1.) Describe and discuss the obstacles and facilitators of this plan. The post should be a substantial post including at least 2 references and range from 200-300 words, not including references. 

Answer 1

I will discuss the cons of the implementation of the DNP. Initially, the DNP was presented as the clinical doctorate. However, many universities failed to implement a rigorous programs that implemented neither clinical hours to improve the APRN's skills nor hours towards a clinical project or capstone. The lack of regimented implementation has negatively effected by-in from legislative boards, employers, and credentialing agencies. The DNP became an add-on degree that required very little work at some universities. Most recently a decline in the enrollment of DNP programs has occurred. For individuals, little benefit exist to achieve a DNP over MSN when compared to time, resources, and cost.

Nurs Outlook. 2020 July-August; 68(4): 494–503.

Published online 2020 Apr 16. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2020.03.008