Practice Doctorate Resource Center

NONPF Perspective

Updated Statement from the NONPF Board of Directors

As approved on January 8, 2004.

The NONPF Board maintains its support for the practice doctorate as a means for career mobility and for advancing nursing leaders.  As this time, based on current information, the NONPF Board supports the following action for the organization:

• Support the current models of NP preparation at the Master's and Post-Master's level.
• Support ongoing dialogue at the national level to address the evolving issues surrounding the fit for the practice doctorate relative to other levels of educational preparation.
• Continue the study of the practice doctorate within NONPF and in collaboration with other stakeholders.
• Provide leadership in identifying additional, advanced level competencies for the practice doctorate using NONPF's established processes.
• In collaboration with other stakeholders, develop a model for a seamless practice doctoral program leading to these competencies.