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New PhD program comes to nursing program
Faith Tittle, Daily Vidette Staff
Issue date: 2/15/08 Section: News
Next semester a new PhD Nursing program will be available at ISU.
The Illinois Board of Higher Education has approved the program. Research within the program will focus on caring for older adults.
"For a full-time hard working student, we have planned the program will take three to four years," Dr. Mary Dyck, assistant professor at the Mennonite College of Nursing, said. This is also dependent on the time and length of the student's dissertation.
The PhD program will require students to take 66 semester hours.
"The program is designed to prepare nurses with a high level of expertise to conduct research in care and care outcomes for vulnerable populations with a beginning focal area in aging, teach in baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs, demonstrate leadership in health policy development and develop and evaluate models of care for vulnerable populations," according to the Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Web site.
Admission into the program will be competitive. Right now there are over 70 students interested in the program and five students will be accepted each year.
The deadline for applications is April 1. Applications received after this date will be considered according to available space.
Students should find out if they are accepted into the program by the end of April.
When students are accepted to the program, they are expected to know what area they want to research.
Students will also be matched with a faculty member who has a similar research focus. That faculty member will mentor the student throughout the program.
The program has been focused on caring for older adults because ISU has a large amount of faculty expertise in that area.
The program also meets the needs of the community.
"The fastest growing age group in the U.S. is the 85 and older range," Dyck said.
"If we get more faculty, and the faculty expand their research, we will offer the program in other areas," Brenda Jeffers, director of Graduate Programs and Research for the Mennonite College of Nursing, said.
"Most students who earn a PhD usually have a goal of teaching in a nursing program. I would anticipate that some of our students would become faculty here at the Mennonite College of Nursing," Dyck said.
"With quality education, we provide preferred graduate nurses to area health care settings. With quality research, we can bring in additional dollars to support our programming," Dyck said.
"Mennonite College of Nursing is very committed to having quality programs," Jeffers said. "The program brings quality and opportunity to nursing in Central Illinois," she added.
For more information on the program visit mcn.ilstu.edu/current_students/graduate/doctoral.shtml.
The Illinois Board of Higher Education has approved the program. Research within the program will focus on caring for older adults.
"For a full-time hard working student, we have planned the program will take three to four years," Dr. Mary Dyck, assistant professor at the Mennonite College of Nursing, said. This is also dependent on the time and length of the student's dissertation.
The PhD program will require students to take 66 semester hours.
"The program is designed to prepare nurses with a high level of expertise to conduct research in care and care outcomes for vulnerable populations with a beginning focal area in aging, teach in baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs, demonstrate leadership in health policy development and develop and evaluate models of care for vulnerable populations," according to the Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Web site.
Admission into the program will be competitive. Right now there are over 70 students interested in the program and five students will be accepted each year.
The deadline for applications is April 1. Applications received after this date will be considered according to available space.
Students should find out if they are accepted into the program by the end of April.
When students are accepted to the program, they are expected to know what area they want to research.
Students will also be matched with a faculty member who has a similar research focus. That faculty member will mentor the student throughout the program.
The program has been focused on caring for older adults because ISU has a large amount of faculty expertise in that area.
The program also meets the needs of the community.
"The fastest growing age group in the U.S. is the 85 and older range," Dyck said.
"If we get more faculty, and the faculty expand their research, we will offer the program in other areas," Brenda Jeffers, director of Graduate Programs and Research for the Mennonite College of Nursing, said.
"Most students who earn a PhD usually have a goal of teaching in a nursing program. I would anticipate that some of our students would become faculty here at the Mennonite College of Nursing," Dyck said.
"With quality education, we provide preferred graduate nurses to area health care settings. With quality research, we can bring in additional dollars to support our programming," Dyck said.
"Mennonite College of Nursing is very committed to having quality programs," Jeffers said. "The program brings quality and opportunity to nursing in Central Illinois," she added.
For more information on the program visit mcn.ilstu.edu/current_students/graduate/doctoral.shtml.
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