Accompanying the move toward a clinical doctorate for advanced practice nurses is a call by certain groups for an expansion of the scope of practice. Advocates have been arguing for more autonomy for ...

ASTON — Neumann University has launched a new Doctor of Nursing Practice degree. Classes will begin in the fall of 2025, and applications are now being accepted. The goal of the DNP degree is to ...

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia has approved Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing to offer a post-master’s Doctor of Nursing Practice degree. The school is the first ...

Goshen College and Eastern Mennonite University have partnered to offer the first doctoral degree program among the five Mennonite Church USA colleges and universities. With classes beginning in ...

The Elms College School of Nursing has added a third track in health systems innovation and leadership to its Doctor of Nursing Practice curriculum. The addition of the third track will allow ...

As director of the doctor-of-nursing-practice program at Robert Morris University, I feel compelled to reply to “A New Degree and Exam Create ‘Doctor Nurses,’ Irking Physicians” (The Chronicle, ...

A new federal policy classifying advanced nursing degrees as ‘nonprofessional’ will likely hurt the profession and patient ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Capella University, an online higher education institution serving working adults, is now offering its Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program in a competency-based, ...

Rainey Michael always knew she wanted to pursue her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree to make a difference in preventative care for vulnerable populations. With her plans to advance her ...

The Trump administration has decided that, for student loan programs at least, nursing programs are not "professional" ...

At age 53, Kristin Kelly, MSN, FNP-BC, proudly added DNP to her credentials, reflecting the most recent milestone in her accomplished career as an advanced practice nurse. In June 2025, Kelly ...