Thread: this is nursing advocacy gone too far

This is nursing advocacy gone too far.
Claiming that NPs are atleast as good as MDs.
Read the article and make your own judgements.



Open letter to the American Medical Association

I have to agree. Amen.

Originally Posted by fammed2002

This is nursing advocacy gone too far.
Claiming that NPs are atleast as good as MDs.
Read the article and make your own judgements.



Open letter to the American Medical Association

They must be at least 1/2 as good as an MD.

See article:

THE AMERICAN BOARD OF COMPREHENSIVE CARE (ABCC)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FIFTY PERCENT OF CANDIDATES PASS FIRST CERTIFICATION EXAM
IN COMPREHENSIVE CARE FOR DOCTORS OF NURSING PRACTICE
NEW YORK, NY (January 30, 2009) -- The American Board of Comprehensive Care (ABCC)
announced today that fifty percent of the candidates passed the first certification exam in
comprehensive care and will be designated as Diplomates in Comprehensive Care by the ABCC,
the certifying body established by the Council for the Advancement of Comprehensive Care
(CACC). The exam was developed for ABCC by the National Board of Medical Examiners
(NBME) for graduates of Doctor of Nursing Practice degree programs.
“This is an outstanding result for first-time candidates taking a new exam,” said Richard A.
Cooper, MD, Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and
CACC member. “Successful certification provides evidence to the public that Doctor of Nursing
Practice clinicians can meet the needs of patients seeking comprehensive care.”
The ABCC exam was comparable in content, similar in format and measured the same set of
competencies and applied similar performance standards as Step 3 of the United States Medical
Licensing Examination, which is administered to physicians as one component of qualifying for
licensure.
The next certification exam is scheduled for October 2009.
ABOUT ABCC
The Council for the Advancement of Comprehensive Care (CACC) was established in 2000 to
further the development of standard clinical competencies for graduates of Doctor of Nursing
Practice (DNP) programs. Council membership is comprised of nurses, physicians, health care
organization representatives and health and public policy experts. In order to distinguish DNP
graduates who have achieved a high level of competence in comprehensive care, CACC
contracted with the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) to develop a certification
examination that will validate the advanced clinical competency of these graduates. CACC
established the American Board of Comprehensive Care (ABCC) as the certifying body.

Link: FROM: THE AMERICAN BOARD OF COMPREHENSIVE CARE (ABCC) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

http://www.aanp.org/NR/rdonlyres/871...AFPArticle.pdf

finally..our professional organizations are finding that they have a pair