Hi everyone,
I regularly post in allnurses.com, but I've been trying to branch out to other forums in the hopes of learning new information. If this is inappropriate for this forum, I apologize, and will delete if necessary. I just graduated with my BSN and have a job in the NICU (neonatal), pending that I pass the NCLEX : ). Eventually I would like to get my DNP and then my PhD and wanted to know if anyone else has done the same, or something similar.
Also, here's an edited version of what I posted in allnurses with some questions, since I'm still learning more about the PhD program in nursing:
What's the PhD nursing program like? A lot of reading and research? And does it prepare you for anything else besides being a professor and research? How competitive is it to get into the programs and is there anything I can do in my career now as an RN to make myself more competitive?
I graduated with a 3.49 (yes, I know, and the last "A" that I needed to round it off came out as a 92.5% if you can believe it), but I was enrolled in the university's honors program and I've been involved in a lot of student leadership programs, which included an Americorps project and I hope to do some service with Doctors without Borders (will try to take the tropical medicine course at Johns Hopkins next summer). Does this sound relatively competitive?
Thank you for your insight!
I regularly post in allnurses.com, but I've been trying to branch out to other forums in the hopes of learning new information. If this is inappropriate for this forum, I apologize, and will delete if necessary. I just graduated with my BSN and have a job in the NICU (neonatal), pending that I pass the NCLEX : ). Eventually I would like to get my DNP and then my PhD and wanted to know if anyone else has done the same, or something similar.
Also, here's an edited version of what I posted in allnurses with some questions, since I'm still learning more about the PhD program in nursing:
What's the PhD nursing program like? A lot of reading and research? And does it prepare you for anything else besides being a professor and research? How competitive is it to get into the programs and is there anything I can do in my career now as an RN to make myself more competitive?
I graduated with a 3.49 (yes, I know, and the last "A" that I needed to round it off came out as a 92.5% if you can believe it), but I was enrolled in the university's honors program and I've been involved in a lot of student leadership programs, which included an Americorps project and I hope to do some service with Doctors without Borders (will try to take the tropical medicine course at Johns Hopkins next summer). Does this sound relatively competitive?
Thank you for your insight!