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Susan Engle started the topic Bills restricting or banning nurses with doctorate degrees from using "doctor" in the forum The Controversy of the DOCTOR Title 6 days, 22 hours ago
California AB 765 (Wood) Physicians and surgeons. This bill would enact the California Patient Protection, Safety, Disclosure, and Transparency Act. The bill would make it a misdemeanor for a person who does not have a valid, unrevoked, and unsuspended certificate as a physician and surgeon to use any medical specialty title, as specified, or any…[Read more]
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Susan Engle replied to the topic “The Controversy of the DOCTOR Title” in the forum The Controversy of the DOCTOR Title 1 month ago
Hello Elizabeth,
Thank you for your reply, and congratulations. Many DNP graduates are APRNs, while others are not. I completed my DNP degree work in Health Systems Leadership. Advanced practice nurses are codified in regulation in the Nursing Practice Act. Including doctoral-prepared nurses as Advanced Academic Prepared Nurses in law would be…[Read more]
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Susan Engle started the topic “The Controversy of the DOCTOR Title” in the forum The Controversy of the DOCTOR Title 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Advanced Practice Nurse must pay 20K for implying she was a doctor. Do we have the authority to use the title Doctor, or Dr. when we hold a doctorate degree? This would include Ph.D., DNP, DPT, and so on. The focus is the use of Dr. What regulation is in your state board of nursing jurisdiction about Ph.D. and DNP-prepared registered nurses using…[Read more]
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