Several years ago, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) proposed that over time, the doctor of nursing practice (DNP) degree should become the entry-level degree for the advanced ...

This editorial is a critique of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and PhD degrees for nurses, with a historical context.. This topic is relevant because a growing number of US nursing schools have ...

Graduate nursing education at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing (FPB) can be made more affordable through funding from the Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP), which covers tuition for up to ...

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) graduates who have graduated within the last five years will be eligible for admission to the PhD in nursing program with "advanced standing." The "advanced standing" ...

The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing has launched a new Doctor of Nursing Practice/Doctor of Philosophy dual degree program that combines the competencies and practice opportunities of the DNP degree ...

Nurse practitioners, physician assistants top best jobs list A doctorate of nursing practice degree provides leadership and research-based clinical practice experience. NEW ORLEANS — As nurse ...

Leslie Pitts, MSN, CRNP, CPNP-AC, CDCES, AP-PEN (BSN 2006, MSN 2009), is the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing’s first Dual DNP-PhD Pathway student. After more than 16 years as a ...

Nurses who hold a bachelor’s degree in nursing and dream of earning a doctorate can take advantage of two new streamlined ...