Nursing and Healthcare Innovation, PhD
Community, Disease, Healthcare, Innovation, Nurse
Our innovative program prepares you to pursue a career with an emphasis on the generation and application of research and theory. Develop the inquiry skills of a researcher and the leadership skills to influence health processes, outcomes and policy.
The Doctor of Philosophy program in nursing and healthcare innovation provides you with an enriching academic environment that fosters scholarship, critical thinking and interprofessional collaboration. This research-intensive, interdisciplinary doctoral program is designed to help you pursue or advance a career as a leader in health science, health education and policy, and health innovation.
The program prepares you with the research skills to generate, apply and disseminate scientific knowledge, while demonstrating the leadership skills needed to influence health processes, outcomes, policy and innovation.
Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation offers this degree program in both in a hybrid format (both traditional on-site and an innovative synchronous online format) and includes occasional travel to campus. Doctoral faculty mentors, representing a diversity of backgrounds and intellectual perspectives, are dedicated to providing learner-centered, research-focused doctoral education.
- College/school:
Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation
- Location: Downtown Phoenix
- STEM-OPT extension eligible: No
Students can choose to create their own concurrent degree combination to match their interests by working with their academic advisor during or after their first semester of study. Some concurrent combinations are not possible due to high levels of overlap in curriculum; students should speak with their academic advisor for more details.
This degree is also offered as a concurrent program with the following:
84 credit hours, a written comprehensive exam, an oral comprehensive exam, a prospectus and a dissertation
Required Core (3 credit hours) Electives or Research (39 credit hours) Other Requirements (30 credit hours) Culminating Experience (12 credit hours) Additional Curriculum Information Students are required to enroll in a minimum of nine credit hours per semester for years one and two of their plan of study. The plan of study can be as broad or as narrow as the student and the supervisory program committee deem necessary for the student's career goals. Students may choose from the following five substantive areas of study: aging, education, health care innovation leadership, healthy families or world health. The program may incorporate courses from other disciplines to further refine substantive areas of study.
NUR 602 State of the Science in Nursing and Healthcare Innovation (3)
NUR 601 Scientific Role Development I: Engaging and Committing (1)
NUR 603 Social and Contextual Issues in Nursing and Healthcare (3) or NUR 610 Genomics and Population Health (3)
NUR 604 Philosophy of Science Perspectives in Nursing and Healthcare Innovation (3)
NUR 605 Theory Analysis (3)
NUR 606 Scientific Role Development II: Validating and Demonstrating (1)
NUR 607 Scientific Role Development III: Bridging (1)
NUR 608 Qualitative Research Design and Methods (3)
NUR 609 Quantitative Research Design and Methods (3)
NUR 617 Foundational Concepts in Science and Statistics (3) or DNP 679 Biostatistics: Principles of Statistical Inference (3)
NUR 618 Advancing Research-Based Health Policy Through Leadership and Innovation Science (3) or DNP 711 Healthcare Policy and Innovation (3)
NUR 671 Teaching in Academic and Practice Settings (3)
NUR 680 Topic: Research Practicum in Nursing and Health Innovation (3)
NUR 799 Dissertation (12)
When approved by the student's supervisory committee and the Graduate College, this program allows 30 credit hours from a previously awarded master's degree to be used for this degree. If students do not have a previously awarded master's degree, the 30 hours of coursework are made up of electives and research. From those elective and research hours, 12 credit hours are required in a substantive area of specialization and may be taken in any semester, based on availability and student interest. A total of 24 credit hours of coursework with a research focus are required, including 12 hours of dissertation credit.
General university admission requirements:
All students are required to meet general
university admission requirements.
U.S.
applicants | International
applicants | English
proficiency
Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation.
Applicants must have earned a bachelor's or master's degree in nursing or a related field from a regionally accredited institution.
Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in the last 60 hours of their first bachelor's degree program or a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in an applicable master's degree program.
All applicants must submit:
- graduate admission application and application fee
- official transcripts
- current resume
- goal statement essay
- writing sample
- proof of English proficiency
Additional Application Information
An applicant whose native language is not English must provide proof of English proficiency regardless of their current residency.
Applicants must show completion of a current inferential statistics prerequisite course.
GRE scores are recommended but not required. ASU does not accept the GRE® General Test at home edition.
Students are admitted once a year, to start in the fall semester.
Program learning outcomes identify what a student will learn or be able to do upon completion of their program. This program’s learning outcomes include the following:
- Implement doctoral-level skills and knowledge related to qualitative research methods.
- Implement doctoral-level skills and knowledge related to quantitative research methods.
- Complete all stages of the dissertation project using comprehensive knowledge of relevant literature, theories, concepts, and outcomes within their area of research.
Graduates of the PhD program are prepared to assume leadership roles in research, education and administration, with the goal of enhancing health and quality of life across diverse populations and settings.
Career examples include:
- academic faculty (e.g., professor)
- health care executive
- health educator
- health-focused scientist
Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation
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HLTHN 206DC
phdnursing@asu.edu
602-496-0930
Program term definitions
Accelerated programs allow students the opportunity to expedite the completion of their degree.
Accelerated master's
These programs allow students to accelerate their studies to earn a bachelor's plus a master's degree in as few as five years (for some programs).
Each program has requirements students must meet to be eligible for consideration. Students typically receive approval to pursue the accelerated master's during the junior year of their bachelor's degree program. Interested students can learn about eligibility requirements and how to apply.
Concurrent degrees allow students to pursue their own personal or professional interests, earn two distinct degrees and receive two diplomas. To add a concurrent degree to your existing degree, work with your academic advisor.
Joint programs, or jointly conferred degrees, are offered by more than one college and provide opportunities for students to take advantage of the academic strengths of two academic units. Upon graduation, students are awarded one degree and one diploma conferred by two colleges.
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The Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP) provides a reduced tuition rate to non-resident graduate students who qualify. Visit the WRGP/WICHE webpage for more information: https://graduate.asu.edu/wiche.
