Nurse Practitioners (DNP) the new DO?

A little over a century and a half ago, a bunch of people came together and established the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree. Over the years, DO's have slowly fought to gain practicing rights throughout the United States and in modern times, have gained parity with MD's (read wiki for the history) Nowadays, many universites are offering the DNP degree. Although some states prevent NP's from calling themselves doctors, there have been many cases where DNPs introduce themselves as... Nurse Practitioners (DNP) the new DO?
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