Doctors of Nursing Practice, Inc. and the DNP Online Community | Susan | Activity https://doctorsofnursingpractice.org/members/olympiad/activity/ Activity feed for Susan. Sat, 02 May 2026 13:03:39 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 37b4d20ab86385b72d59d0f07fc5affe Susan replied to the topic Potential Crisis in Nurse Practitioner Preparation in the United States in the forum Potential Crisis in Nurse Practitioner Preparation https://doctorsofnursingpractice.org/forums/topic/potential-crisis-in-nurse-practitioner-preparation-in-the-united-states/#post-38928 Sun, 06 Jun 2021 16:40:59 -0400 Great discussion~ The crisis that Mundinger and Carter identify is with the preparation of nurse practitioners within DNP programs themselves. The authors discuss the convoluted and fragmented timeline of the development of early DNP programs and the diverging curriculum and outcome competencies for NPs. This approach is unfortunate and all too…[Read more]

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I love the idea of a pathway in public health however I’m curious as to how that would look and work. Since public health isn’t one of the recognized populations under the Consensus Model (unfortunately) it would seem to be somewhat of a limitation. APRNs would not be able to practice in that population but there might be non-APRNs…[Read more]

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Comments like these are unfortunate but reflect more on the lack of understanding of the role and what it prepares graduates to accomplish than on your decision. Our choices to pursue different educational paths our careers are very personal decisions based on career goals, values, and interests. We should not have to justify them…[Read more]

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