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The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) is a terminal professional degree in nursing practice, an alternative to the research focused doctoral degree. The curriculum for the DNP degree builds on traditional master's programs by providing education in evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and systems leadership. Furthermore, the DNP is intended to be a parity degree with other health care doctorates such as psychology, medicine, and dentistry.〔http://nann.org/pdf/DNPEntry.pdf DNP as parity with medicine〕 Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) include the nurse practitioner (NP), certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA), certified nurse midwife (CNM), and the clinical nurse specialist (CNS) and are prepared in master's-degree programs that often carry a credit load equivalent to doctoral degrees in the other health professions.〔 Although approximately 52% of nurse anesthetist programs will award the DNP, the remaining 48% may use the title Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (DNAP). == Education requirements in the United States == According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), transitioning advance practice registered nursing programs from the graduate level to the doctoral level is a "...response to changes in health care delivery and emerging health care needs, additional knowledge or content areas have been identified by practicing nurses. In addition, the knowledge required to provide leadership in the discipline of nursing is so complex and rapidly changing that additional or doctoral level education is needed."〔(Report of the Task Force on the Clinical Doctorate )〕 According to the AACN, "...benefits of practice-focused doctoral programs include: *development of needed advanced competencies for increasingly complex clinical, faculty and leadership roles; *enhanced knowledge to improve nursing practice and patient outcomes; *enhanced leadership skills to strengthen practice and health care delivery; *better match of program requirements and credits and time with the credential earned; *provision of an advanced educational credential for those who require advanced practice knowledge but do not need or want a strong research focus (e.g. clinical faculty); *parity with other health professions, most of which have a doctorate as the credential required for practice; *enhanced ability to attract individuals to nursing from non-nursing backgrounds; *increased supply of faculty for clinical instruction; and *improved image of nursing."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Doctor of Nursing Practice」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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