Preparing the doctor of nursing practice graduates to lead nursing education: Ideas, strategies, recommendations, and implications

Exploring the Usefulness of Theory-Guided Reflection During the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…Educational practices within nursing education have long included the integration of reflection modalities to aid learners in gaining a deeper understanding of life experiences in nursing and beyond. [1][2][3][4][5] Knowledge development related to theory-guided reflection validates using this approach in both nursing education and practice for fostering deepened perspective, understanding, and professional insight related to the challenges of nursing work. [6][7][8] What this article adds: With the onset of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, nurses and allied care providers were at the epicenter of increasingly strained working conditions amid a worldwide pandemic and widespread socio/political upheaval.…”

“…nursing education have long included the integration of reflection modalities to aid learners in gaining a deeper understanding of life experiences in nursing and beyond. [1][2][3][4][5] Knowledge development related to theoryguided reflection validates this approach for fostering deepened perspective, understanding, and professional insight related to the challenges of nursing work. [6][7][8] In an effort to provide an opportunity for theory-guided sharing and reflection related to caring in nursing and health care, a free massive open online course (MOOC) entitled "Caring Science, Mindful Practice" was created in 2015.…”

Interventions to boost enrollment in nursing doctor of philosophy (PhD) programs

“…The U.S. higher education system is unique with its large variety of degrees, numerous types of institutions, and lack of federal control (Loo, 2018). Moreover, the DNP degree, a significant factor in nursing students' doctoral decision-making, is awarded almost exclusively in the US (Bellini & Cusson, 2012;Ea et al, 2021). These challenges make it difficult to coalesce findings from studies in other countries.…”