Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Outcomes

The graduate of the Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing program will demonstrate the following:

Discover and disseminate knowledge relevant to the discipline of nursing with a focus on health promotion and disease prevention in underserved and rural populations.
Provide leadership for increasingly complex roles in nursing research, practice, and education and/or healthcare organizations.
Develop theoretical frameworks of phenomena related to nursing science.
Provide leadership for the analysis and resolution of ethical healthcare issues in an interdisciplinary context.
Integrate cultural learning into nursing practice to effectively tailor healthcare to the diverse lifeways of clients.
Seek to decrease health disparities among populations by addressing socioeconomic-political-cultural determinants of health.
Contribute to the advancement of the science of nursing serving rural and underserved populations.