The articles in this special issue provide a comprehensive summary of accomplishments,
lessons learned, and hopes for the future that are based on the Robert Wood Johnsons
Foundation's (RWJF) Futures of Nursing Scholars (FNS) program. While these articles
come at the end of a significant multi-year $25 million dollar investment, the impact
of the program on individual scholars, faculty, and institutions will be long-lasting.
The program certainly didn't address all issues confronting nurses and doctoral education,
nor did it fully address decades of debate on substantive and process questions impacting
for doctoral education – but it did ignite many a conversation as well as action.
The funding along with the individual and collective efforts of program leadership
and staff, schools, faculty and students, served as a catalyst to create options for
how we prepare nurse scientists. Reflections on what was learned, remaining issues
to be tackled, and suggestions for moving forward are subsequently presented.
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References
- The research-focused doctoral program in nursing: Pathways to excellence.AACN, WA DC, 2022
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Future of Nursing Scholars Program: An evaluation of its impact on scholars, schools, and the field of nursing science.White Mountain Research Associates, NH2021
- Invitational summit: Re-envisioning research focused PHD programs of the future.J Prof Nurs. 2021; 37 (Epub 2020 Sep 3. PMID: 33674099): 221-227https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2020.09.004
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation future of nursing scholars program: The scholar experience.Nursing Outlook. 2022; (this issue)
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation future of nursing scholars program: An overview.Nursing Outlook. 2022; (this issue)
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Publication history
Published online: December 30, 2022
Accepted:
July 31,
2022
Received:
June 15,
2022
Publication stage
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Conflict of Interest: Dr. Antonia M. Villarruel has no conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, but in full disclosure, the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing served as the Program Office for the RWJ Foundation of Nursing Scholars. The author certifies that this material or similar material has not been and will not be submitted to or published in any other publication before its appearance in Nursing Outlook.
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