Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2000
Publication Title
Journal of Professional Nursing
Abstract
The expansive growth of doctoral programs in the United States has necessitated a need to determine demographic attributes of the academic program, characteristics of the students, admission criteria, and curriculum patterns. Seventy-eight doctoral programs were sent a researcher-designed survey and 48 (62 per cent) responded. Results show an increasing shift away from clinical doctorates to the research doctorate, although few differences exist within the research focus of doctoral nursing programs. Consistent with previous reports in the literature, curricula are fairly standard and few differences were noted based on a number of criteria including geographic location, type of degree granted, Carnegie classification of the university, or by the length of time the program has been in existence. Discussion of these findings is included.
DOI
10.1053/jpnu.2000.9458
Version
Postprint
Publisher's Statement
NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Professional Nursing. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Professional Nursing, 16, 5, 2000 DOI#10.1053/jpnu.2000.9458
Recommended Citation
McEwen, M., & Bechtel, G. A. (2000). Characteristics of Nursing Doctoral Programs in The United States. Journal of Professional Nursing, 16(5), 282-292. doi: 10.1053/jpnu.2000.9458
Volume
16
Issue
5
