News spotlight: Nurses soon to doctor the primary-care shortage?
Nurse Leader Weekly, June 16, 2008
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The National Board of Medical Examiners is designing a certification test for doctorate of nursing (DNP) graduates that supporters believe will add to the profession's credibility.
Modeled after the medical licensing exam, the test, which will be offered for the first time this fall, comes at a time when the healthcare industry is lacking physicians.The test may become quite popular in the future, as the number of two-year DNP degree programs at nursing schools is expected to double by 2015. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing also plans on making the doctoral degree the standard for all new advanced practice nurses by 2015.
Some physicians fear the test will cause DNPs to seek scope-of-practice expansions in medical practices. There is also concern whether nurses with doctorates would create confusion in patients and put their care at risk.
Sources: The Wall Street Journal, amednews.com, and FierceHealthcare.com.
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