title: Is the practice doctorate needed?
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Furay
mesh_terms: D003406:Credentialing; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States