PMID- 20488422 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100826 LR - 20100521 IS - 1532-8481 (Electronic) IS - 8755-7223 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 3 DP - 2010 May-Jun TI - Doctor of philosophy and doctor of nursing practice as complementary degrees. PG - 137-40 LID - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2009.08.004 [doi] AB - The introduction of the doctor of nursing practice (DNP) has raised serious concerns about the discipline's continuing ability to build its body of knowledge at an appropriate rate. After noting the various concerns that have been raised that the DNP siphons off prospective doctor of philosophy (PhD) students and compromises the standing of schools of nursing in universities, the distinct but complementary roles of nurses with the two preparations are described. Rather than worry about the DNP distracting from the PhD, the argument is made that these two degrees support one another and together can help to advance the creation and translation of knowledge into the practice of the discipline. Similar discussions about the distinction between practice and research in the field of education are noted. FAU - Edwardson, Sandra R AU - Edwardson SR AD - School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. edwar002@umn.edu LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Prof Nurs JT - Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing JID - 8511298 SB - IM MH - Advanced Practice Nursing/*education MH - *Education, Nursing, Graduate MH - Humans MH - United States EDAT- 2010/05/22 06:00 MHDA- 2010/08/27 06:00 CRDT- 2010/05/22 06:00 PHST- 2008/10/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/05/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/05/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/08/27 06:00 [medline] AID - S8755-7223(09)00123-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2009.08.004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Prof Nurs. 2010 May-Jun;26(3):137-40. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2009.08.004.