Are Nurse Practitioners With a Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree Making a Difference in Health Care?

[...]the additional knowledge and skill to lead practice improvement that NPs prepared with the DNP degree receive is expected to also make a contribution in population health, costs of care, and efficiencies in the increasingly complex health care system in the United States.1 In speaking with stak...

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Published in:Journal for nurse practitioners 2017-04, Vol.13 (4), p.A13-A13
Main Author: Waldrop, Julee B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic degrees
Graduate studies
Health care expenditures
Health care industry
Nurse practitioners
Nursing
Patient satisfaction
Physicians
Professional practice
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Summary:[...]the additional knowledge and skill to lead practice improvement that NPs prepared with the DNP degree receive is expected to also make a contribution in population health, costs of care, and efficiencies in the increasingly complex health care system in the United States.1 In speaking with stakeholders about the roles that NPs who earned the DNP degree are filling in their systems, I have been encouraged to hear that there are those who have been...
ISSN:1555-4155
1878-058X
DOI:10.1016/j.nurpra.2017.02.004