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Doctoral Studies at Penn Nursing
Why a Doctorate?
You have provided excellent care for your patients and you have helped improve
the health care systems in which you work. Now you want more. The World Bank¹
estimates that health conditions around the world have improved more in the past
forty years than in all previous human history. This tremendous worldwide change
in health means that nurses and other health professionals have a greater need
than ever for new information. You want to help provide that information.
Perhaps you see a future in academia or as a clinical researcher in a health
care setting. Perhaps you wish to join the doctorally prepared nurses who are
revolutionizing industry. Careers as a researcher take place in many different
arenas but all have in common the joy of being able to develop the knowledge
necessary to improve the health of the citizens of the world.
¹. World Bank. (1993). Development Report 1993: Investing in Health.
New York: Oxford University Press. |