Any Nursing PhDs without clinical experience out there?

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I am considering a nursing PhD program because I love nursing research and feel no drive to continue working with patients. I have a BSN and only about 3 years of nursing experience, half of it in an outpatient specialty clinic and none of it in critical care. I am looking at a BSN-PhD program, which is becoming an increasingly popular offering. Some schools have students entering directly from their BSN studies so that they will never take care of patients (outside of clinicals) during their entire nursing career. I cannot find information about how employable the graduates of these programs are in academic or research settings.

The nursing faculty shortage pertains largely to clinical faculty, and therefore most faculty job postings require clinical teaching and experience. The schools offering the programs say there are plenty of non-profit, government, and hospital jobs for research nurses but I can't find them on job posting sites or direct websites.

Is this similar to the hype about direct-entry BSN programs, where students switch careers and incur a ton of debt only to realize that no one is hiring new nurses?

Is anyone a graduate of one of these BSN-PhD programs or of a traditional PhD program but without any/much clinical experience and able to speak to the job climate?

Any first-hand information would be greatly appreciated!