The Journey to the DNP Program and Beyond: What Can We Learn From Pharmacy?

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 316-321

  Upvall, Michele J ^a   Ptachcinski, Richard J ^b  

^a CARLOW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b American Pharmacotherapy   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced practice; DNP; Doctorate of Nursing Practice; Nursing; Nursing education; Pharmacy education; PharmD

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CREDENTIALING; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, PHARMACY, GRADUATE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHARMACOLOGY, CLINICAL; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548812855     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2007.01.022     Document Type: Article

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