Several years ago, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) proposed that over time, the doctor of nursing practice (DNP) degree should become the entry-level degree for the advanced ...

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) graduates who have graduated within the last five years will be eligible for admission to the PhD in nursing program with "advanced standing." The "advanced standing" ...

Leslie Pitts, MSN, CRNP, CPNP-AC, CDCES, AP-PEN (BSN 2006, MSN 2009), is the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing’s first Dual DNP-PhD Pathway student. After more than 16 years as a ...

Graduate nursing education at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing (FPB) can be made more affordable through funding from the Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP), which covers tuition for up to ...

A research-focused terminal degree, the Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD) program prepares nurse scientists to generate new knowledge that can be translated for improvements in clinical practice.

Connell School of Nursing Associate Dean for Graduate Programs Susan Kelly-Weeder, president-elect of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, will oversee the new Doctor of Nursing ...

Untangling the links between the brain and the body. Deana Goldin, Ph.D., DNP, APRN, is a practicing Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Family Nurse Practitioner, a Clinical Associate ...

Acute cardiac events, such as heart failure, affect over 2 million individuals in the United States each year, with over half of these individuals being over the age of 65. Annually, cardiac events ...