https://doctorsofnursingpractice.org/members/msynnott/activity/ Activity feed for Megann Synnott. Sat, 02 May 2026 13:03:39 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 0190d0a0afa71ebbac2443fba77bd229 https://doctorsofnursingpractice.org/forums/topic/the-discouragement-received-from-nurse-colleagues-when-pursuing-dnp/page/2/#post-39467 Fri, 13 Aug 2021 00:14:47 -0400 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]

]]> 0 8d03e744888420eaee7918ea390c5806 https://doctorsofnursingpractice.org/forums/topic/dnp-recognition/#post-39466 Fri, 13 Aug 2021 00:06:56 -0400 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]

]]> 0 fee67d8df4e0b22cc0ab56dde1332dfa https://doctorsofnursingpractice.org/forums/topic/a-great-article-about-quelling-the-nursing-shortage-short-and-sweet/#post-39465 Fri, 13 Aug 2021 00:02:27 -0400 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]

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