PMID- 22572897
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20121010
LR  - 20161020
IS  - 1528-3976 (Electronic)
IS  - 1071-5754 (Linking)
VI  - 39
IP  - 3
DP  - 2012 May-Jun
TI  - Doctoral education for WOC nurses considering advanced practice nursing.
PG  - 249-55
LID - 10.1097/WON.0b013e318254c3ca [doi]
AB  - Advanced practice nursing education is at a crossroads. Societal changes, 
      increased health care demands, and leadership nursing organizations have 
      identified the need of a doctor of nursing practice (DNP) degree as the advanced 
      practice degree. WOC nurses need to examine DNP programs when considering 
      returning for an advanced practice degree. This article explores nursing 
      education at the doctorate level and areas the WOC nurse should consider when 
      making a decision about attending a program. The WOC nurse needs to understand 
      the similarities and differences of the doctor of philosophy and the DNP, issues 
      about each program and its completion, personal factors, and the application 
      process. Although selecting a doctoral program is a daunting experience, the 
      education will provide opportunities for the WOC nurse to excel as a scholar, 
      thus influencing the profession and the practice.
FAU - Pieper, Barbara
AU  - Pieper B
AD  - College of Nursing, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA. 
      bpieper@wayne.edu
FAU - Colwell, Janice
AU  - Colwell J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - United States
TA  - J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs
JT  - Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The 
      Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society
JID - 9435679
MH  - Advanced Practice Nursing/*organization & administration
MH  - *Career Choice
MH  - Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate/organization & administration
MH  - Education, Nursing, Continuing/organization & administration
MH  - Education, Nursing, Graduate/*organization & administration
MH  - Fecal Incontinence/nursing
MH  - Humans
MH  - Organizational Innovation
MH  - Ostomy/nursing
MH  - *Professional Competence
MH  - Program Development
MH  - Program Evaluation
MH  - United States
MH  - Urinary Incontinence/nursing
MH  - Wounds and Injuries/nursing
EDAT- 2012/05/11 06:00
MHDA- 2012/10/12 06:00
CRDT- 2012/05/11 06:00
PHST- 2012/05/11 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/05/11 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/10/12 06:00 [medline]
AID - 00152192-201205000-00006 [pii]
AID - 10.1097/WON.0b013e318254c3ca [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2012 May-Jun;39(3):249-55. doi: 
      10.1097/WON.0b013e318254c3ca.