The Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing prepares nurse scientists to assume roles as health care researchers, faculty, and health care administrators with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention in under-served and rural populations. The Ph.D. program educates nurse scientists in academic, research, practice and policy roles to address healthcare issues in urban, rural, frontier, and reservation areas.

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

• Conduct original research relevance to the discipline of nursing.
• Integrate nurse scholar and scientist role components of research, teaching, leadership, mentoring, and service to the profession.

• Contribute to the advancement and dissemination of nursing science.

• Students who are Registered Nurses must provide evidence of professional registration by submitting a copy of the most current RN license.  International students who are Registered Nurses must provide evidence of national registration in good standing in their home country.