I have worked in healthcare for the last 10 years. I have had the privilege to work as a registered nurse, nurse practitioner, and physical therapist. I have seen various styles of leadership in outpatient rehabilitation, primary care, the emergency department, and psychiatric inpatient/outpatient settings. All the environments are different, but all of them still…
Author: Jamie Lee
The DNP: Misunderstood but Much Needed
In 2004, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) endorsed a position statement on the practice doctorate in nursing. The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree was created as a result of stakeholder discussions, consensus building, and research from the Institute of Medicine’s To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System (1999), Crossing…