Per Mulinger et al., (2000), Nurse practitioners have consistently proven to be high-quality health care providers and have the potential to influence and shape health care. In 2010, the Robert Wood Foundation’s survey showed that 1,504 leaders from the government, health services, industry and education viewed nurses as highly trusted individuals; however, they weren’t seen in a managerial role compared to physicians. On the other hand, nurses have the concern of feeling left out of the decision-making process. DNP graduates will transform the nursing occupation into one that shares similarities with medical degrees, maintaining the same …show more content…
Secluded and municipal funders, including Health Resources and Services Administration and Department of Labor. There should be an increase in funding for accelerated graduate degree programs offered. In turn, there would be an increase in master’s and doctoral degree completion and the diversity of nurse faculty and researchers. The DNP degree has received strong support from the nursing discipline and is appreciating growth trend in the number of nursing academic programs offering this degree (AACN, 2015). In the past five years, registration in DNP programs have more than doubled (IOM,