There is truth the debt to degree argument and I think about this often. That’s one of the ways that nursing remains stuck in this elitism/ colonizer mindset. We make advancing prohibitive for a lot of people who would be wonderful in a different area. However, the benefit is do you want it? It’s a terminal nursing degree. There is nothing anyone…[Read more]

Two of the four highest ranking nurses at my organization are DNP prepared. The highest ranking nurse is completing her DNP now. We’re a teaching hospital, so education is always going to be rewarded. As far as compensation each degree above your job requirement (eg. BSN, MSN, DNP) is a step increase in pay. It’s becoming the desired degree for…[Read more]

It’s important to remember that hospitals exist specifically for nursing care. At first glance that seems like a ridiculous thing to say, however physician care exists in the community and in clinics. Hospitals are the place where nursing care is given en mass and that’s the differentiating factor. There are physicians who have a dislike of APRNs…[Read more]