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A critical examination of developments in nursing doctoral education in the United States

Graduate nursing education in the United States is undergoing major transformations, as a result of factors both within nursing and in the larger society. OBJECTIVE: In this paper the authors examine the trends and factors that are influencing the changes, especially in doctoral education, for both...

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Autores principales: Ketefian, Shaké, Redman, Richard W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4547057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26312627
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0797.2566
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description Graduate nursing education in the United States is undergoing major transformations, as a result of factors both within nursing and in the larger society. OBJECTIVE: In this paper the authors examine the trends and factors that are influencing the changes, especially in doctoral education, for both nurse scientist and advanced practice preparation. CONCLUSION: The paper provides a background that serves as context, it gives an overview of the PhD and the DNP degrees, focusing on the recent changes and identifying the most compelling issues and concerns, ending with a series of recommendations.
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spelling pubmed-45470572015-08-31 A critical examination of developments in nursing doctoral education in the United States Ketefian, Shaké Redman, Richard W. Rev Lat Am Enfermagem Original Articles Graduate nursing education in the United States is undergoing major transformations, as a result of factors both within nursing and in the larger society. OBJECTIVE: In this paper the authors examine the trends and factors that are influencing the changes, especially in doctoral education, for both nurse scientist and advanced practice preparation. CONCLUSION: The paper provides a background that serves as context, it gives an overview of the PhD and the DNP degrees, focusing on the recent changes and identifying the most compelling issues and concerns, ending with a series of recommendations. Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4547057/ /pubmed/26312627 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0797.2566 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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