South Dakota State University
College of Nursing
Doctoral Program Handbook
2007-2008
 

Introduction:

The purpose of the PhD in Nursing is to prepare nurse scientists who will serve as researchers, faculty members, and health care administrators with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention in underserved and rural populations.   The programs outcomes are as follows:

Nurse scientists will demonstrate the following competencies:

1.  Discover and disseminate knowledge relevant to the discipline of nursing with a focus on health promotion and disease prevention in underserved and rural populations.

2.  Provide leadership for increasingly complex roles in nursing research, practice, and education and/or healthcare organizations.

3.  Develop theoretical frameworks of phenomena related to nursing science.

4.  Provide leadership for the analysis and resolution of ethical health care issues in an interdisciplinary context.

This handbook provides doctoral students with information to guide them through the academic process and serves as a supplement to the South Dakota State University Graduate Bulletin.  Please review the information in the Graduate Bulletin.


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