Zangaro George A, Havey Nicholas
Department of Nursing, Baltimore MD.
Department of Nursing, Baltimore MD.
Nurs Outlook. 2025 Jul-Aug;73(4):102471. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102471. Epub 2025 Jun 27.
The declining number of nurse scientists is concerning.
The purpose of this paper is to provide enrollment and graduation trends in PhD education, examine the geographical distribution of PhD programs, and identify predictors of enrollment declines.
Enrollment and graduation data were obtained from the 2013 to 2023 AACN Annual Survey of Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Nursing. The survey collects demographic information and enrollment and graduation rates for PhD programs.
Over the last 10 years, the nurse scientist workforce enrollments have declined while graduations have remained steady. Nursing leaders in practice and academia are encouraged to work together to implement creative recommendations that will increase the number of research-focused graduations and develop strategies to retain nurse scientists.
There is a critical need to identify strategies to increase the number of future nurse scientists who will generate new knowledge to advance the profession of nursing and improve the health of all Americans.
护士科学家数量的减少令人担忧。
本文旨在提供博士教育的招生和毕业趋势，研究博士项目的地理分布，并确定招生人数下降的预测因素。
招生和毕业数据来自2013年至2023年美国护理学院协会（AACN）对护理学士和硕士项目的年度调查。该调查收集博士项目的人口统计信息以及招生和毕业率。
在过去10年里，护士科学家劳动力的招生人数有所下降，而毕业人数保持稳定。鼓励实践领域和学术界的护理领导者共同努力，实施创新性建议，以增加专注于研究的毕业人数，并制定留住护士科学家的策略。
迫切需要确定策略，以增加未来护士科学家的数量，他们将创造新知识，推动护理专业发展，并改善所有美国人的健康状况。
