title: Is the burden worth the benefit of the Doctorate of Nursing (DNP) for NPs? Doctor of Nursing Practice: the time is now.
authors.affiliation: Scottsdale Healthcare, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005544:Forecasting; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008008:Licensure, Nursing; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States