saheckler PhD, RN

It's the National Clinician Scholars Program. It's an interdisciplinary program with physicians and doctorally-prepared nurses that focuses on getting people with clinical expertise into the research space, in particular related to health equity. It ...

Just curious because I'm having some thoughts about quitting and not sure whether or not I should push through. What did you do instead when you dropped out? Or alternately, what made you stay? Do you ultimately feel good about your decision, and why...

Not sure if I'm replying too late, but I would recommend reaching out directly to current PhD students. Hopefully they have their PhD students listed somewhere on their page? If not, you can reach out to the nursing admissions office or the PhD progr...

Hi everyone, I see this is still getting some responses, and I noticed I posted this almost exactly a year ago. It's amazing what can change in a year. I'm expecting to finish my analyses next week. I'm about to submit my first dissertation pape...

Thank you for sharing your perspective! I appreciate it. I agree, it is primarily about persistence. It's hard to see any humor in the situation right now and I don't value sticking with something just for the sake of not quitting -- that's not enoug...

Congratulations on graduating and passing the AANP! I would highly recommend choosing the type of doctoral degree you want based on your career goals. You didn’t say why you want a doctoral degree, so I can’t tell if you want one because you ha...

Thank you so much @HamRN_13. I really appreciate your perspective and the validation. It's great to know that after you dropped out, you found a different program that fit better, probably in terms of career-wise and timing. That definitely gives me ...

Hi @NewUtahn, I'm in a PhD program right now and am happy to talk with you if you'd like! Just send me a message. I think the answers to some of these questions depend on the type of program you're interviewing with. If you are interviewing...

Thank you so much @m4howie. I really appreciate your perspective and your thoughtful response -- this is really helpful and gives me a lot to think about. I'll have to do some more introspection and think about what I want. And I hope that you will a...

Hi Mikolagarde, I think your first step is to figure out whether you want a PhD or a DNP -- they are very different degrees and fit different career goals. A PhD's main (or even sole) focus is research, whereas a DNP is focused on practice. DNPs...

Hi Dinma, I double checked the UC Irvine website PhD application requirements and here's what I found: An undergraduate or graduate statistics course that will cover or did cover descriptive and inferential statistics. This statist...

Hi there, I think this doctoral thread might be really helpful to you (I wrote a very long winded response about my experiences in my PhD program, some of which may be helpful to you, and there are many other comments there that may provide insi...

I think that sounds like a great choice for you, based on what you've said in this thread. I wish you the best of luck! TBH, I don't blame you for thinking my description was exhausting -- the PhD is pretty exhausting! I don't regret entering the pro...

I second what @pro-student said. I'm in a PhD program right now, after having done a lot of soul searching and exploring to figure out what was the right path for me. I wish I had known a little bit more about what I was getting into, so I am going t...

New York State is looking for nurses to help with COVID-19, regardless of BSN or not, and completely unrelated/separate from hospital job postings. The form to volunteer (it's paid, so maybe that's not technically volunteering) is here: https://apps....

New York state is certainly taking volunteers! I believe that new grads, retirees, and nurses who haven't practiced in awhile are eligible (there is surely something we can all do!) Fill out this survey: https://apps.health.ny.gov/pubpal/builder/surv...

Hi there, I'm applying to nursing PhD programs for a fall 2019 start and just wanted to connect with others who are in the same boat. It would be nice to have some company and go through it together, and maybe even share some tips and insight with ea...

I took a look at the website for Drexel's DHSc program. It looks like a good program, but it's not very research intensive. This would likely make it a lot harder to get a tenure track faculty position at a lot of institutions, especially at R01 inst...

I would be really hesitant to get a doctorate, from a for profit university. I don't think it will hold the same weight, and I think that you are likely to have a better learning experience, stronger support, closer relationships with faculty, and mu...

Yay, that's awesome! I'm sure it will be even more of a relief when the paperwork is finished. Good for you that you're going to drive down for spring commencement! You earned it!

Omg it looks like you are finished and have graduated! Congratulations!!! What an incredible accomplishment.

There are tons of brick and mortar schools that offer PhD programs online, and you would only have to travel to campus once or twice a year for a week or two, or something like that, depending on the program. I would recommend looking into those! The...

I've heard of PhD prepared nurses taking jobs as research analysts, data analysts, research scientists, etc. I've seen positions like this with various non-profits (usually public health related), large health departments (NYC had one that sounded in...

When you say non-tenure track, do you mean clinical track faculty? Or adjunct? What kind of teaching do you see yourself doing and what type of teaching position do you see yourself in? Do you have a preference for what kind of institution you want t...