Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing

The College of Nursing offers admission to the Ph.D. program under two options: B.S.N. entry and Master’s entry. See the Graduate Program section of this Catalog for general information, such as program admission and degree requirements. 

Overview of the Ph.D. Program Curriculum

Ph.D. students may pursue an individualized plan of study or a concentration in Health Policy. Students wishing to have a Ph.D. with a major in Nursing and concentration in Health Policy must be formally accepted into the concentration at the time of admission to the Ph.D. program or subsequent to admission to the Ph.D. program through submission of required materials by the deadline. All students take the same 27 credit hours of core courses and prescribed research methods courses. The substantive area course work varies, depending on the student’s plan of study (individualized vs. Health Policy). The student’s advisor and Committee on Studies guide the student in selecting course work that helps meet personal, professional, and scholarship needs.


Curriculum Plan

The Ph.D. curriculum consists of a core of Ph.D. courses on philosophy of science, theory, statistics, and research design. Students additionally choose from a selection of research methods courses, substantive area courses, and electives.

Program of Studies: Common Core Courses

Credit
Hours
Required Core Courses
Upon completion of the Year 1 Core courses, all students take the Progression Exam.
NURS 600 Philosophical Foundations of Nursing Science 3
NURS 601 Theory I: Methods and Processes of Nursing Knowledge Development 3
NURS 602 Theory II: Synthesis of Knowledge for Nursing Inquiry 3
NURS 606 Quantitative Methods in Health Research 3
NURS 607 Qualitative Methods in Health Research 3
NURS 620 Health Care Statistics I 3
NURS 621 Health Care Statistics II 3
NURS 640
-or-
NURS 641
Health Policy, Politics, and Evidence

Health Disparities and Policy
3
NURS 690 Ph.D. Seminar 3
Total 27
Methods Courses
NURS 622
-or-
NURS 623
Advanced Quantitative Methods

Advanced Qualitative Methods
3
Choose one from:
NURS 612 Health Outcomes Research 3
NURS 613 Mixed Methods Research 3
NURS 616 Secondary Data in Health Research 3
Total 6
Outside Electives
Courses from a discipline other than Nursing.
Total 6
Dissertation
NURS 699 Dissertation (per semester) 3-9
Dissertation Total 18
Common Courses Total 57


Program of Studies: Individualized Plan of Study Courses (in addition to core)

Credit
Hours
Substantive Area Courses
Choose two from:
NURS 605 Symptom Management Science 3
NURS 608 Environments of Human Health and Nursing 3
NURS 609 Family Health: Concepts, Issues and Outcomes 3
NURS 611 Rural and Cultural Health 3
   Total
Nursing Elective Courses
Six credit hours chosen from:
NURS 615 Critical Ethnography and CBPR in Health Care Research 3
NURS 642 Applied Health Economics 3
NURS 693 Topics 3
NURS 694 Research Practicum 1-3
  Total 6
 Individualized Studies Total 12
+ Common Core Courses Total 57
Ph.D. General Program of Studies Total 69


Program of Studies: Health Policy Concentration 

Credit
Hours
Substantive Area Courses
Choose one from:
NURS 605 Symptom Management Science 3
NURS 608 Environments of Human Health and Nursing 3
NURS 609 Family Health: Concepts, Issues and Outcomes 3
NURS 611 Rural and Cultural Health 3
   Total 3
Health Policy Courses
Note: Either NURS 640 or NURS 641 will have been taken as part of the Required Core. Health Policy concentration students must take the other course.
NURS 640
-or-
NURS 641
Health Policy, Politics, and Evidence

Health Disparities and Policy
3
NURS 642 Applied Health Economics 3
NURS 648 Introduction to Health Policy Field Placement 1
NURS 649 Health Policy Field Placement 3
  Total 10
 Health Policy Concentration Total 13
+ Common Core Courses Total 57
Ph.D. Health Policy Concentration Program of Studies Total 70

Courses

NURS 129. Topics. (1-3 )



NURS 201. Introduction to Nursing Concepts. (3)



NURS 220L. Principles of Nursing Practice. (4)



NURS 224. Application of Growth and Development to Health Care. (3)



NURS 229. Topics. (1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



NURS 238. Pharmacology in Nursing and the Health Professions. (3)



NURS 239. Pathophysiology I. (3)



NURS 240. Pathophysiology II. (3)



NURS 293. Nursing Topics. (1-6)



NURS 297. Independent Study. (1-3, no limit Δ)



NURS 301. Professional Communication for Nurses. (1)



NURS 302. Advancement of Professional Nursing. (2)



NURS 303. Health Care Participant. (3)



NURS 321L. Assessment and Health Promotion. (4)



NURS 322L. Care of Patients with Chronic Conditions. (4)



NURS 329. Topics. (1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



NURS 332. Evidence-Based Practice. (3)



NURS 351. Health and Illness Concepts I. (3)



NURS 352. Health and Illness Concepts II. (3)



NURS 390. Professional Nursing Concepts I. (3)



NURS 397. Independent Study. (1-3, no limit Δ)



NURS 401L. Clinical Intensive I. (4)



NURS 402L. Clinical Intensive II. (4)



NURS 403L. Clinical Intensive III. (4)



NURS 404. Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice. (3)



NURS 405. Genetic Literacy Across the Lifespan. (3)



NURS 406. Nursing in the Community. (3)



NURS 407. Nursing Care of Vulnerable Populations. (3)



NURS 408. Professional Leadership and Management Roles in Nursing. (3)



NURS 409. Health Policy, Economics and Systems. (3)



NURS 410. Foundations of Leading Change and Advancing Health. (3)



NURS 419L. Capstone. (4 )



NURS 421. Nurse Intern Professional Knowledge Development. (1 to a maximum of 2 Δ)



NURS 422. Nurse Intern Professional Role Development. (1 to a maximum of 2 Δ)



NURS *429. Topics. (1-6, no limit Δ)



NURS 441. Evidence-Based Application of Health Assessment Skills. (4)



NURS 447L. Family and Community Health Practicum. . (4)



NURS 448. Application of Health and Illness Concepts. (4)



NURS 453. Health and Illness Concepts III. (4)



NURS 454L. Concept Synthesis. (3)



NURS 464. Community Maternal Child Health I: Models of Care. (1)



NURS 465. Community Maternal Child Health II: Family Centered Birthing Care. (1)



NURS 466. Community Maternal Child Health III: Building a Healthy Family. (1)



NURS 467. Basic Fetal Monitoring. (2)



NURS 468. Neonatal Resuscitation Program Provider. (1)



NURS 469. Special Populations in Obstetrics. (3)



NURS 473. End of Life Care. (3)



NURS 474. Patient Education. (3)



NURS 476. Critical Care Nursing. (3)



NURS 477. Interdisciplinary Geriatric Care. (3)



NURS 478. Care of the Veteran. (3)



NURS 480. Complementary and Alternative Medicine. (3)



NURS 481. Applications of Epidemiology to Community Health Problems. (3)



NURS 482. Genetics and Genomics in Nursing, Health Care and Society. (3)



NURS 491. Professional Nursing Concepts II. (3)



NURS 497. Independent Study. (1-3, no limit Δ)



NURS 498. Honors Study in Nursing I. (1 or 2, may be repeated once Δ)



NURS 499. Honors Study in Nursing II. (1-3, may be repeated once Δ)



NURS 501. Theoretical Foundations of Advanced Nursing. (3)



NURS 503. Research in Nursing. (3)



NURS 505. Health Care Policy, Systems and Financing for Advanced Practice Roles. (3)



NURS 508. Human Resource Management in the Changing Healthcare Environment . (3)



NURS 509. Teaching in Nursing. (3)



NURS 510. Curriculum Design and Program Evaluation. (3)



NURS 511. Assessment and Evaluation of Learning in Nursing Education. (2)



NURS 515. Nurse Educator Roles and Professional Issues. (3)



NURS 523. Advanced Health Assessment for Nurse Educators. (2)



NURS 525. Primary Care Concepts. (3)



NURS 526. Pathophysiology in Advanced Practice Nursing. (3)



NURS 534. Primary Care Geriatrics. (2)



NURS 535. Primary Care of Adults I. (4)



NURS 536. Primary Care of Adults II. (3)



NURS 537. Primary Care of Adults III. (4)



NURS 538. Case Studies in Diagnostic Reasoning. (1)



NURS 539. Advanced Pediatric Health and Developmental Assessment. (3)



NURS 540. Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning. (3)



NURS 541. Antepartum-Postpartum for FNP. (1)



NURS 542. Primary Care of Pediatrics I. (3 or 4)



NURS 543. Pharmacological Principles of Clinical Therapeutics. (3)



NURS 544. Antepartum and Postpartum Care. (1-7, may be repeated once Δ)



NURS 546. Primary Care of Pediatrics II. (4 or 5)



NURS 547. Pediatric Chronic Illness/Special Needs. (4)



NURS 548. Women's Health. (1-4, may be repeated once Δ)



NURS 549. Adolescent Health. (3)



NURS 550. Intrapartum Care. (1-9, may be repeated once Δ)



NURS 551. Newborn Care. (1-3 to a maximum of 3 Δ)



NURS 552. Evidence-Based Care in Nurse Midwifery. (1)



NURS 553. Nurse-Midwifery Professional Practice. (1)



NURS 554. The Evidence Base for APRN Primary Care Practice. (1)



NURS 555. Management of the Acutely Ill Adult-Gerontology Patient. (4)



NURS 557. Biophysical and Psychosocial Concepts of Health and Illness. (4)



NURS 560. Differential Diagnosis for Advanced Practice. (3)



NURS 561. AG-ACNP Practicum I. (3)



NURS 562. Management of the Complex and Chronically Ill Adult-Gerontology Patient. (4)



NURS 563. AG-ACNP Practicum II. (5)



NURS 564. Health Promotion, Protection, and Disease Prevention for Acute, Critical or Chronically Ill Adults. (3)



NURS 565. Management of the Critically Ill Adult-Gerontology Patient. (4)



NURS 566. Advanced Diagnostic and Therapeutic Skills. (3)



NURS 568. ACNP Clinical Topics I. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



NURS 569. ACNP Clinical Topics II. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



NURS 583. Psychotherapy, Behavior Change, and Health Promotion-Disease Prevention Across the Lifespan. (3)



NURS 584. Integrated Behavioral Health Care and Common Psychiatric Presentations. (3)



NURS 585. Advanced Assessment, Neurobiology, and Psychopharmacology Across the Lifespan. (3)



NURS 586. Diagnosis and Management of Adults for the PMHNP. (3)



NURS 587. Diagnosis and Management of Children and Older Adults for the PMHNP. (3)



NURS 588. Advanced Practicum I. (3)



NURS 589. Advanced Practicum II. (3)



NURS 591. Graduate Problems. (1-6, no limit Δ)



NURS 592. Clinical Specialty Practicum. (2)



NURS 593. Topics. (1-6, no limit Δ)



NURS 594. Advanced Practice Seminar. (1)



NURS 595. Advanced Nursing Field Work. (1-7, no limit Δ)



NURS 596. Professional Paper. (1)



NURS 597. Applied Examination. (1)



NURS 599. Nursing Thesis I. (1-6, no limit Δ)



NURS 600. Philosophical Foundations of Nursing Science. (3)



NURS 601. Theory I: Methods and Processes of Nursing Knowledge Development. (3)



NURS 602. Theory II: Synthesis of Knowledge for Nursing Inquiry. (3)



NURS 605. Symptom Management Science. (3)



NURS 606. Quantitative Methods in Health Research. (3)



NURS 607. Qualitative Methods in Health Research. (3)



NURS 608. Environments of Human Health and Nursing. (3)



NURS 609. Family Health: Concepts, Issues and Outcomes. (3)



NURS 611. Rural and Cultural Health. (3)



NURS 612. Health Outcomes Research. (3)



NURS 613. Mixed Methods Research. (3)



NURS 615. Critical Ethnography and CBPR in Health Care Research. (3)



NURS 616. Secondary Data in Health Research. (3)



NURS 620. Health Care Statistics I. (3)



NURS 621. Health Care Statistics II. (3)



NURS 622. Advanced Quantitative Methods. (3)



NURS 623. Advanced Qualitative Methods. (3)



NURS 624. Behavioral Observation Methods. (3)



NURS 640. Health Policy, Politics, and Evidence. (3)



NURS 641. Health Disparities and Policy. (3)



NURS 642. Applied Health Economics. (3)



NURS 648. Introduction to Health Policy Field Placement. (1)



NURS 649. Health Policy Field Placement. (3)



NURS 690. Ph.D. Seminar. (1-3, no limit Δ)



NURS 691. Independent Study. (1-3, no limit Δ)



NURS 693. Topics. (1-6, no limit Δ)



NURS 694. Research Practicum. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



NURS 699. Dissertation. (3-9, no limit Δ)



NURS 702. Applied Epidemiology in Advanced Nursing Practice. (3)



NURS 703. Applied Clinical Research in Advanced Nursing Practice. (3)



NURS 705. The Business and Policy of Practice and Their Influence on the U.S. Health Care System. (3)



NURS 706. Organizational Systems and Quality Management for Advanced Nursing Practice. (3)



NURS 715. Genetics and Genomics for Advanced Practice Nursing. (3)



NURS 720. Etiology and Management of Complex Health and Illness in Rural Health. (3)



NURS 724. Professional Concepts and Issues for Advanced Nursing Practice. (3)



NURS 725. Principles of Advanced Nursing Management. (3)



NURS 726. Leading Organizational Change. (3)



NURS 727. Health Care Innovations and Informatics. (3)



NURS 730. Geriatric and End of Life Concepts for Advanced Nursing Practice. (3)



NURS 791. Independent Study. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



NURS 793. Topics. (1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



NURS 795. Advanced Nursing Practice Residency. (1-10 to a maximum of 10 Δ)



NURS 796. D.N.P. Capstone Seminar. (1)



NURS 797. D.N.P. Capstone Project. (1-8 to a maximum of 8 Δ)



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