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What Can You Do With a Nursing PhD?

Nurses with PhDs play a pivotal role in shaping the future of health care. Our graduates pursue post-doctoral education and move into leadership positions in academia, industry, research institutions and government, advancing nursing theory and practice.

With É«¿Ø´«Ã½ University’s PhD in nursing program, you’ll be able to:

• Master key concepts in health equity and nurse-led models of care to improve health outcomes.
• Design and conduct research using interdisciplinary.
• Evaluate research with a focus on health equity and nurse-led models of care.
• Maintain ethics and integrity in research.
• Apply advanced methods to research design and analysis.
• Collaborate effectively with diverse teams.
• Publish and present research to advance nursing and promote social justice.

This expertise will prepare you to improve access and equitable health care through roles in:

• Academia: As faculty, PhD prepared nurses equip the next generation of nurses and nurse scientists, blending education, research and service, which may include practice and policy work.
• Leadership and advocacy: A nursing PhD positions you as a leader in clinical settings, health policy and governmental agencies, driving innovations in nursing practice, health care delivery and policy.
• Research: Lead the design and conduct of research studies, secure grants, analyze scientific data and disseminate findings through presentations and publications with your nursing PhD Our program prepares you to conduct high-impact research, design studies, write grant proposals and analyze data using a health equity lens.

PhD Program in Nursing Description

The program requires a minimum of 52 credit hours of graduate coursework. Students will work on research projects; it is expected most will graduate with several publications. Coursework is structured with a substantive core of nursing science and research methods to be taken in the School of Nursing. This core is expanded with elective courses that typically support the student’s dissertation and future research career. These can be taken in other É«¿Ø´«Ã½ University departments or other Universities that have arrangement with É«¿Ø´«Ã½ (i.e., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, North Carolina Central University). Additional requirements include research practicums and elective credits that may count towards specialty certificates (i.e., teaching, global health, data science, entrepreneurship, etc.).

In addition to course work, the PhD Program in Nursing will require each student to develop a scholarly portfolio, successful completion of a preliminary examination, and a dissertation. Students are expected to disseminate their work through scholarly venues such as publications and conference presentations.

Terminal Objectives

After the PhD Program in Nursing, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of health equity, social determinants of health (SDOH), and nurse-led models of care to improve health outcomes for a population and/or system of care.
• Apply conceptual models and theories from nursing and other relevant disciplines to design and conduct research.
• Use a health equity, SDOH, and/or nurse-led models of care lens to appraise research conducted in nursing and other disciplines.
• Demonstrate scientific integrity and ethics across all phases of the research process.
• Apply appropriate methods and analytic strategies to design, conduct, and evaluate research from discovery to translation.
• Integrate socioculturally responsive approaches throughout the research process.
• Disseminate research through a variety of venues to advance nursing science, health equity, and social justice.