ISPN DNP Task Force Statement on the DNP

From the Drexel University, College of Nursing and Health Professions, Philadelphia, PA. Corresponding Author: Bobbie Posmontier, Phd, CNM, PMHNP-BC, Drexel University, College of Nursing and Health Professions, 245 N. 15 St., MS 1030, Rm. 524 Bellet Building, Philadelphia, PA 19102. E–mail address: bp98@drexel.edu Published by Elsevier Inc. 0883-9417/1801-0005$34.00/0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2012.12.002 BACKGROUND