A Hospital Resource for Nurses Navigating Doctoral Education and Beyond

Authors

Suzanne Feetham, Author Affiliations: Nursing Research Consultant (Dr Feetham), Nurse Scientist, and Associate Professor, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC (Dr Kelly), Nursing Research and Development Programs Manager (Dr Engh), Department Nursing Science, Professional Practice Quality, Director Healthcare Consulting CBRE Washington DC (Dr Frame): Chief Nursing Informatics and Education Officer (Dr King), Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatry Consult Liaison Service (Dr Ojini), Division of Emergency Medicine and Trauma Nursing Director (Dr Schultz), Sickle Cell Disease Lead Translation Research Advanced Practice Nurse and Director of the Sickle Cell Disease Transition Clinic, Associate Professor George Washington University (Dr Barbara Speller-Brown), and Simulation Program Manager (Dr Walsh), Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC; and Assistant Professor (Dr Giordano), Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Katherine Patterson Kelly
Cindy D. Colson
Eileen P. Engh
Shaun Christopher Frame
Nicholas A. Giordano
Simmy King
Deborah Ojini
Theresa Ryan Schultz
Barbara Speller-Brown
Heather Walsh

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2-1-2025

Journal

The Journal of nursing administration

Volume

55

Issue

2

DOI

10.1097/NNA.0000000000001535

Abstract

Advancing nursing practice to improve care and system outcomes requires doctoral-prepared nurses to conduct programs of research and translate science to practice. The authors describe a Doctoral support group (DSG) at one hospital designed to support nurses considering and navigating doctoral education while continuing as hospital employees. Strategies from 18 years' experience are provided for others to develop and sustain a DSG as part of an environment to support and retain nurses with doctoral degrees.

APA Citation

Feetham, Suzanne; Patterson Kelly, Katherine; Colson, Cindy D.; Engh, Eileen P.; Frame, Shaun Christopher; Giordano, Nicholas A.; King, Simmy; Ojini, Deborah; Ryan Schultz, Theresa; Speller-Brown, Barbara; and Walsh, Heather, "A Hospital Resource for Nurses Navigating Doctoral Education and Beyond" (2025). GW Authored Works. Paper 6672.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/6672

Department

Nursing Faculty Publications