Anyone here plan on a PhD,DNP, etc...?

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Specializes in Med surg, cardiac, case management.

Kind of curious...I'm thinking of going that route, and I wonder how common it is. Most of my classmates plan to go on to get their NP or CRNA. I'm kind of the oddball in that I'm looking at a DNP, probably because I spent 10 years in research prior to NS and I actually like looking up info and writing.

Anyone else here looking at going on from the MS?

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I am just beginning work on my PhD. My MSN specialization was in nursing education. And like you (I'm assuming) nursing is a second career for me too. And I have only been a nurse for a little over 3 years. I feel like I'm definitely outside the "norm", whatever that is! But I have a lot of support and encouragement from people in both the clinical setting and academia. How common is it, I guess that depends--it is very uncommon in the hospital where I work (and I am working at the bedside by choice right now), but quite common among my acquaintances in academia.

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

I have my PhD, but work in a hospital -- having spent most of my career in CNS and Staff Development roles. I loved my PhD program and have no regrets about getting it. I learned soooooo much more in that program than in any other.

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Specializes in being a Credible Source.

I am presently planning to pursue my PhD after I complete my MSN. The CNS/NP/CRNA routes do hold some appeal but my long-term goal is to become a nurse educator at the University of California so my doctorate is crucial.

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Specializes in NPD; Administration; M/S; Critical Care.

Do you have any ideas about where you may be looking to do the PhD program? I'm wanting to do an online version, but wondering just how life-altering the schedule and workload is.

UnitRN01

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Specializes in Peds, PICU, Home health, Dialysis.

I have spoken with the graduate coordinator at my school and she has told me that someone with their NP and then continue on and pursue their DSN or PhD is highly marketable. Thus she advised me that if I have any interest in pursuing my NP to do so and then continue on for my doctorate.

Thus after I finish my BSN (I graduate in August) I will immediately apply to their MSN/PNP program which is only 2 years long part-time (so I can work and get some experience) and then continue on with my DNP. I hope to have my DNP by the time I am 30 or 31.

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Specializes in being a Credible Source.
Do you have any ideas about where you may be looking to do the PhD program? I'm wanting to do an online version, but wondering just how life-altering the schedule and workload is.

UnitRN01

My goal is to earn my PhD from UC San Francisco. One of our associate faculty is working toward her PhD there.

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Specializes in Anesthesia.

I plan on getting my DNP/DNAP after I finish with nurse anesthesia school.

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Specializes in NICU.

At first, I was only planning on getting a neonatal NP but I recently found out that by 2015 all NP programs will be obsolete and the DNP will be put in its place. So, now I am planning on getting a neonatal DNP.

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Specializes in Med surg, cardiac, case management.
At first, I was only planning on getting a neonatal NP but I recently found out that by 2015 all NP programs will be obsolete and the DNP will be put in its place. So, now I am planning on getting a neonatal DNP.

The NP will be obsolete? Replaced by the DNP?

Hadn't heard that. I assume we're both talking about the Doctor of Nursing Practice, which is replacing the DNSc.

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Specializes in NICU.
The NP will be obsolete? Replaced by the DNP?

Hadn't heard that. I assume we're both talking about the Doctor of Nursing Practice, which is replacing the DNSc.

Yah, my current nursing professor stated that if I planned on going for my NP that I should instead go for my DNP because the NP will be obsolete by 2015. She said that the ANNP (?) is still deciding whether they will 'grandfather' in NP's or simply require extra schooling.

Of course, this is just what I have researched and heard through my professor.

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Specializes in Neonatal ICU (Cardiothoracic).

Check out the stickies on this topic in the Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner forum...

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