Anyone else applying to PhD programs?

TiffyRN, BSN, PhD · Nov 12, 2018

Even though I've been on AN since 2003 and used to post extensively I haven't been on AN as much since FB groups became a much bigger thing. I used to look for fellow PhD seekers but under the Graduate Degree section, and since there were a few posts there I thought that was the only place. I guess this category is new.

So briefly, I've been pursuing BSN to PhD since 2014. It's a long process but I am in dissertation. I am a big fan of quantitative work but I've learned that when you are trying to get through the programs, it's probably more important to closely mesh with a professor who can be your chair and advocate for you to be successful. The professor I found pretty much only does qualitative work so I am doing CGT.

I defended my proposal back in the Spring. Candidacy paperwork and IRB took a couple of months. I started data collection/analysis (simultaneously in CGT) by late August and am now writing up chapter 4 findings (almost done). If all goes well, I hope to be defending by late Spring or early Summer 2019.

While my timeline seems long, out of the 8 people who started the programs in my cohort, I am the only remaining BSN to PhD and I am furtherest ahead. I did have to cut my work hours to 24hrs/ week.

My research is on how NICU primary care nurses form relationships with their infants and families.

m4howie, ADN, BSN · Feb 7, 2020

On 11/12/2018 at 3:52 PM, TiffyRN said:
Even though I've been on AN since 2003 and used to post extensively I haven't been on AN as much since FB groups became a much bigger thing. I used to look for fellow PhD seekers but under the Graduate Degree section, and since there were a few posts there I thought that was the only place. I guess this category is new.

Have you found a lot of groups on FB for PhD Seekers?