Advocating for the Role of NPs Who Have Earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree

It is notable to reflect on how nursing has evolved since the days of Florence Nightingale and Lilian Wald. Today ’s public perception of nursing is distinct from decades past. There has been a paradigm shift in the demands and responsibilities placed on nurses.1 Consequently, the nursing community was encouraged by the Institute of Medicine to bring the nursing profession up to par with other health care dis ciplines.2 Hence, nursing embarked on increasing the number of doctor of nursing practice (DNP) graduates but without clarifying the DNP graduate roles.
Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: In My Opinion Source Type: research