Prospective nurse practitioners may be caught in limbo by the proposed Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) recommendation. More than a decade ago, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) recommended that nurse practitioners be prepared with a doctoral, rather than the current master’s degree. They proposed to have the master’s degree phased out by 2015. But as 2015 fades into the sunset, we can see clearly that the DNP requirement will be postponed for a few more years. Colleges … Read the rest