DNP Online
I happened to see this big ad on Facebook and it made me very curious. It was for an online degree to get become Doctor of Nursing Practice. Really? Online? Enough said.
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Doctors, eh? Check their theses.
WALDEN UNIVERSITY. A higher degree. I higher Purpose. A higher number of misdiagnosed dead patients.
I really can get behind this initiative. Yep, this joins a lengthy list of great ideas, such as Maggot (er, um, MAGNET) Hospitals, BSN as entry into practice, and numerous other schemes to limit the number (No! Wait! I mean, Improve the Quality Of Nursing Professionals (c)! Yeah! That’s it!) and otherwise bid up nursing pay through economics of scarcity. Cuz, ya know, there are simply too many RNs out there, now, that the scrub suited beggars, with their “Will Nurse For Food!” signs, are becoming a distraction. Really. Those red state poltroons already get enough healthcare, that’s why there no rural underserved…no, wait, that’s not right….hmmmm.
Here’s some interesting reading. “The Case Against the DNP: History, Timing, Substance, and Marginalization,” by Afaf I. Meleis, PhD, DrPS (hon), FAAN & Kathleen Dracup, FNP, DNSc, FAAN from the University of Pennsylvania.
The Abstract:
“Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) or not? The answer is not! Within the historical context of our discipline, a doctorate degree should stand for advancing and translating knowledge. Clinical practice is the core of this knowledge. Separating the practice and research missions could undermine our ability to be equal partners in universities, as well as diminish our effectiveness in establishing the evidence for quality and safe healthcare.”
Now this paper does not address issues of advance practice nurses in primary care or similar ongoing turf battles; but it does offer this observation. “…the refocus on our internal development with the
DNP debate has diverted the dialogue back, to what appears to many outside the profession, to be the selfserving interests of nurses searching for parity among the health professions.”
In their struggle for legitimacy, the nursing profession is stepping on the toes of co-workers, confusing patients, and potentially destroying the future cadre of nursing leaders and professors needed to train the next generation of RNs.
FW
Reminds me of the sites where one can go (no kidding) to get an online martial arts black belt – just about as useful.
Interesting. I went to the Walden site to try to find out where they were located, and found their location only with great difficulty (Minneapolis, MN). I did, however, easily find their long list of WORLDWIDE toll free numbers.
Our clinic in Harvey, ND, currently has an FNP intern who is getting her degree from a college in Wisconsin.
And last but not least, the primary woman’s medical guru in Minot, ND, is a PhD PA.
I may be becoming a bit repetitive here, but in rural areas, there is a clear attempt to replace MDs with FNPs. Who, according to the Walden website, will be pushed into becoming PhD NPs by the nursing licensing groups by 2016. Hmmm.