a phd: a career in nursing research
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What does a nurse with a PhD do?TRANSCRIPT
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A PhD: A Career in Nursing Research
Dr. Kelly Brittain
Assistant Professor
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Objectives
• Overview of a PhD in Nursing (what and why)
• General PhD program information
• Dissertation
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What is a PhD
• Graduate academic degree• Highest degree awarded in graduate study• Required to be a University professor or
researcher• Requires a strong scientific emphasis within the
discipline
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PhD in Nursing
• Creating new knowledge and evidence
• Dissemination of the research findings/evidence to practice
• Translation research to practice to test the clinical feasibility and effectiveness of the research findings
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What does a PhD, RN do?
• Develops the science for the discipline
• Stewards the profession
• Educates the next generation of nurses
• Defines its uniqueness
• Maintains professional integrity
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Advancing Nursing Science• Increased basic and applied health care science
– New organisms, new targeted drugs, robots• Growth of diversity
– Racial, cultural, ethnic• Demands of chronic illness• Affordable Care Act – healthcare delivery• Globalization of health care
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What is a PhD program like?
• Length of program: 4-6 years• Course work• Research practicum• Dissertation• Depth of knowledge in defined area to begin a
focus for program of research• Optional teaching certificate
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Coursework
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Dissertation
• Original research that contributes to nursing science
• May be secondary data analysis of primary data that you collect – original question
• Proposal defense
• Final dissertation defense - public
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What I will talk about:
• My nursing background (Foundation)• My journey to becoming a nurse researcher
(Same path, different role)• What is my contribution to helping patients• Words of advice
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• Like to help• Like to ask questions• Like to find answers• Like to be creative
Where it all began
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Education & Experience
• B.S.N.: Wayne State University• Children’s Hospital of Michigan, etc…• M.S.N.: Wayne State University
(Community/Urban Health)• St. John Detroit Riverview Hospital• Voices of Detroit Initiative• Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
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Deciding to become an “official” nurse researcher
• Always a nurse researcher (learning, asking questions, looking for answers, wanting to improve patient health, not wanting them to have to be hospitalized, reducing complications, having hope, etc.)
• Need the degree to change nursing education, patient outcomes, health care policy, and global health
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The University of Michigan Journey
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Graduation Day 2010
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• Like to help• Like to ask questions• Like to find answers• Like to be creative
Where it all keeps going
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My Contribution
• Nurse researcher: Health Promotion/Risk Reduction and the use of mobile apps and mobile devices
• Professor: Teaching nursing students at all levels
• Service: To the community, university, nationally, internationally
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In nursing, learning never stops
• Always new equipment/technology• Always new procedure• Always new medication• Always new patients/families• Always new students• Always new questions• Always new answers• Always new way of doing something
Once a novice, always a novice
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A nurse researcher is a seeker, learner, doer, and
innovator
“The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.“~ Chinese Proverb
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Thank you!
Questions?