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- Should NPs and MDs take the same certification exams? What are the advantages and
drawbacks of this approach to determining competencies? - Are the AACN’s Essentials relevant and futuristic enough to provide guidance in the de-
velopment of the practitioner going forward? Should an essentials document be futuristic? - Should ethics be added as an essential? Discuss ways to incorporate ethics appropriately
throughout the curriculum. - Should PhD and DNP students be educated together? Are there areas where each should be
educated separately? What areas should be shared? - What level of rigor should exist in a DNP program? Should it be similar to the PhD
program?
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