It’s really sad and disturbing when other nurses say that nurses with a DNP should not use the term doctor. That means as a profession we are not as far along in our growth process as we need to be in regards to thinking about what we can do as a profession to promote the nursing discipline. Earning a DNP is just not about touting the benefits of the degree, it’s about exploring what the degree can do for the profession and what it can do for our patients. Nurses who do not have a DNP need to to get beyond the controversy surrounding the pride and ego involved in attaining the doctorate degree and focus on how nurses are improving our practice by demonstrating what can be done for patients (Smolowitz, 2011).
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Reference:
Smolowitz, J. (2011). Doctors of Nursing Practice on the Web: An Interview With David G. O’Dell, DNP, FNP-BC. Clinical Scholars Review, 4(1), 62-64. doi:10.1891/1939-2095.4.1.62
