According to responses from 76 percent of 200 nurses surveyed, nurses who earn doctorates in any field are likely to go on to conduct nursing research. What seems more important than type of degree is whether the nurses were exposed to computers or participated in faculty research as doctoral students. (Author)

A national survey of deans and directors of schools of nursing (n=434) was conducted to determine their opinions about the differing research foci that graduates of nursing doctoral programs should possess. They recommended diverse research foci for current and future researchers and indicated optimism about future funding. (Author/JOW)

Increasing numbers of hospitals and medical centers employ clinical nurse researchers. Nursing doctoral programs can prepare graduates for this role with courses in philosophy and ethics; research methods, statistics, and measurement; grantsmanship; and information dissemination. (SK)

Graduate programs at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing are designed to enlarge students' knowledge of research and its relevance to their particular types of practice and to enhance students' precision in using the scientific approach to identify phenomena of concern and to solve nursing and health care problems. (Author)

This position statement of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing outlines common elements of research-focused doctoral programs and the indicators for resources, students, and evaluation. It reviews the status of nursing doctoral education, including recent survey data. (SK)

The history of doctoral education for nurses is reviewed with emphasis on the nurse scientist training model. Recommendations are made for cross-disciplinary training and greater research emphasis on fundamental processes to understand human ecology in health and illness. (Author/SK)

A two-course sequence for teaching qualitative research to doctoral nursing students benefitted from the following elements: co-teaching, small group projects, and the building of research skills in the first semester. (SK)

Responses from 65 of 82 nursing schools with doctoral programs indicated that 56 have research support offices. The degree of investment in research support varied widely. The large number of schools receiving no National Institutes of Health funding suggests a need to consider research services in the context of faculty interest and motivation…

Describes the model of funding and socializing doctoral students that has been used by the School of Nursing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Explains the goal of the program--to educate persons who can conduct research that will contribute to the scientific knowledge base of nursing. (Author/JOW)

Presents a nursing model for the integration of health service research into policy formation, including doctoral programs and fellowships. Asserts that empowered nurses can change the country's health policy. (JOW)