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doc • Winter 2016
Kentucky
The Nursing
Profession
Transitions
Doctor of Nursing Practice
(DNP) Degree
By Robert P. Granacher,
Jr., M.D., M.B.A.
In November, I had the
opportunity to engage in a
lovely afternoon discussion
with Dean Janie Heath of the University
of Kentucky, College of Nursing. She took
time from her busy schedule to meet with
me, and she was accompanied by Elizabeth
Adams, Senior Information Specialist with
the UK Public Relations and Marketing
Department. The goal of our meeting was
for me to obtain information, of interest
to physicians, regarding the new terminal
degree in nursing, the