programs, and thus moving doctoral training into a larger number than doctoral training. graduates. Additionally, the DNP program prepares nurses to practice at a higher level, thereby improving the quality of care. Therefore the DNP project is not research, but is a quality improvement project. Quality improvement includes increasing life expectancy and eliminating health disparities between different sectors of the population (Waldrop, 2014). ReferencesAmerican Association of Colleges of Nursing (2015). Nursing research. Retrieved June 23, 2013, from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/publications/position/nursing-research Stevens, K., (May 31, 2013) “The Impact of Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and the Next” Grandi ideas" OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing Vol. 18, No. 2, manuscript 4. DOI: