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Ethics: Is the Doctor of Nursing Practice Ethical?

In the Vol. 10, No. 3 issue of the Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (OJIN) entitled "The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): Need for More Dialogue," Glazer (2005, Overview and Summary section, para. 8) identifies seven "challenging questions" that readers may ponder about the DNP degree. In this column we offer another challenging question: "Is the Doctor of Nursing Practice ethical?" In recent years the pros and the cons of the DNP have been discussed in the literature (e.g., Dracup, Cronenwett, Meleis, & Benner, 2005; Mundinger, 2005), by faculty in nursing programs, by staff nurses, and by nurse members of various professional organizations. This discussion has been precipitated by a position statement published in 2004 by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) that is entitled AACN Position Statement on the Practice Doctorate in Nursing.