Doctoral-Level Programs Prepare Nurses for Expanded Roles in Care and Research
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- KEYWORDS:
- BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
- CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH
- EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE
- EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE
- EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING
- NURSE PRACTITIONERS
- NURSES
- NURSE'S ROLE
For Kara Ventura, completing the doctor of nursing practice degree at Columbia University seemed the natural next step in her career. As an RN, MS-PNP, she was already caring for pediatric patients with liver and intestinal diseases as part of a multidisciplinary team at the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. The training she received in the DrNP program prepared her to take on greater authority over her patients' care, whether they were in the outpatient clinic, the emergency department, or a hospital bed.
Ventura, who earned her DrNP in 2007, is part of a growing cadre of nurses who have received doctoral-level training in clinical practice. Columbia University created the first such clinical doctorate in nursing program in 1999; until then, PhD-level nursing programs prepared nurses for research or administrative careers. Now 92 such programs are enrolling students, with 102 …
