Sorry.. for the typos of the subject of this thread..
I think nursing is one of the departments where faculty members have various kinds of doctorate degree.
I googled in the Internet. I noticed that while some faculty have PhD in nursing, many of them have PhD in other disciplines ranging from developmental psychology, public health, interdisciplinary studies or even professional doctorate like DNP, JD, PsyD, PharmD, and ED in educational psychology. I plan to teach in nursing school at least part-time. The curriculum for PhD (nursing) and MSN-to-DNP is not that attractive to me. If I go for my doctorate, I would like to learn more than research methods and statistics courses at doctorate level. Maybe something else that I can combine with nursing skills.
Is PhD in nursing highly preferable in academia and more likely to get grants?
I hope schools are starting to realize that the DNP is a much better suited degree for BSN and NP. I knew a PhD RN who never worked a day in her life - she just went to school then started teaching it. Needless to say, she was clueless about what NPs actually do. I personally would like to teach undergrad, but from what I gather from friends that do it (just NPs - not DNPs), the pay is nowhere near enough to make it feasible – they do it in spare time and it’s practically charity.
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I hope schools are starting to realize that the DNP is a much better suited degree for BSN and NP. I knew a PhD RN who never worked a day in her life - she just went to school then started teaching it. Needless to say, she was clueless about what NPs actually do. I personally would like to teach undergrad, but from what I gather from friends that do it (just NPs - not DNPs), the pay is nowhere near enough to make it feasible – they do it in spare time and it’s practically charity.