Title
Making explicit the development of PhD-prepared nurses to steward the discipline
Publication Date
2021-01-01
UMMS Affiliation
Graduate School of Nursing
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Leadership Studies | Medical Education | Nursing
Abstract
Leadership is a core curricular element of PhD programs in nursing. Our PhD faculty began a dialogue about being a leader, a steward of the discipline. We asked ourselves: (a) What expertise do PhD prepared nurse needs to begin to steward the discipline? (b) How do faculty engage PhD nursing students to assume responsibility for stewarding the discipline? Lastly, (c) How do we work with PhD nursing students to create their vision for how their work contributes to stewarding the discipline, from doctoral coursework throughout their career? We support the need for PhD graduates to have the skills to generate knowledge, conserve that which is important, and transform by disseminating new knowledge to a broad audience. Examples of nurses stewarding the discipline when pioneering research, critiquing traditional approaches to inquiry or trends in nursing practice, and developing policy, are highlighted along with examples of how PhD nursing students begin to steward the discipline.
Keywords
Leadership, PhD education, PhD pedagogy, Steward of the discipline
DOI of Published Version
10.1016/j.outlook.2020.08.002
Source
Morris NS, Wassef ME, Sullivan-Bolyai S, Bova C, Kane AT. Making explicit the development of PhD-prepared nurses to steward the discipline. Nurs Outlook. 2021 Jan-Feb;69(1):50-56. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2020.08.002. Epub 2020 Oct 16. PMID: 33070981. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Nursing outlook
Related Resources
PubMed ID
33070981
Repository Citation
Morris NS, Wassef ME, Sullivan-Bolyai SL, Bova CA, Kane AT. (2021). Making explicit the development of PhD-prepared nurses to steward the discipline. Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing Publications. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2020.08.002. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsn_pp/156