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Defining and describing capacity issues in US doctoral nursing research programs.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20113753     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The expansion of US doctoral research programs raises questions about mentorship capacity, program quality, and decisions about future expansion. To describe capacity issues and, when possible, compare findings to those of an earlier study, a survey of US nursing research doctoral programs (n = 105) was conducted in 2008. The response rate was 84.8%. The Web sites of non-responding schools were reviewed providing some data from all programs. The mean ratio of students per current externally funded grant was 6.9 (SD 7.5) to 1. The mean ratio of student to ever-funded faculty was 8.3 (SD 8.3) to 1. The mean number of research activities required (out of 5 possible) was 1.8 (SD 1.4), and the most common was a research practica (77%), followed by attendance at a research meeting external to the school (37%), and submitting an article for publication (32%). The quality of many programs may be compromised by capacity issues. Attention to existing programs' requirements and capacities and determination of the roles of these variables in producing research competitive graduates is needed.
Authors:
Ann F Minnick; Linda D Norman; Beth Donaghey; Linda W Fisher; Irene M McKirgan
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Nursing outlook     Volume:  58     ISSN:  1528-3968     ISO Abbreviation:  Nurs Outlook     Publication Date:  2010 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-02-01     Completed Date:  2010-04-08     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401075     Medline TA:  Nurs Outlook     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  36-43     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM; N    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2010 Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA. Ann.Minnick@vanderbilt.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Curriculum
Education, Nursing, Graduate / organization & administration*
Faculty, Nursing / organization & administration*
Forecasting
Health Services Needs and Demand / organization & administration*
Humans
Leadership
Mentors
Nurse's Role
Nursing Education Research
Nursing Research* / education,  organization & administration
Program Development
Program Evaluation
Publishing / organization & administration
Questionnaires
Regression Analysis
Research Support as Topic / organization & administration*
Statistics, Nonparametric
Students, Nursing / statistics & numerical data
United States

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