CNOs Gearing Up While Many are Winding Down: The Late Career DNP.

J Nurs Adm

Author Affiliation: Principal, Joan Ellis Beglinger Designing Tomorrow, Madison, Wisconsin; and Consultant, Tim Porter O'Grady Associates, Inc, Atlanta, Georgia.

Published: March 2016

Nurses are knowledge workers. The evidence that informs our practice is ever changing, and we recognize that one of the obligations of knowledge work is lifelong learning. There is a newly emerging phenomenon occurring in our profession--one that we did not see a decade ago. Increasingly, chief nursing officers (CNOs) are pursuing advanced degrees late in their careers. This month, we will shine the spotlight on what's driving this change and gain insights from conversations with 3 CNOs, all recently having attained a DNP, after an astounding, collective 110-plus years in practice.

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