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 ...

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" ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A research-focused terminal degree, the Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD) program prepares nurse scientists to generate new knowledge that can be translated for improvements in clinical practice.

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 ...

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Untangling the links between the brain and the body. Deana Goldin, Ph.D., DNP, APRN, is a practicing Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Family Nurse Practitioner, a Clinical Associate ...