title: Helpful hints for potential nursing doctoral students.
abstract: Returning to school can be a frightening experience. This is especially true for adult students returning to graduate school to complete their doctoral education. There are many decisions that must be made. Selection of the university or college, meeting admission requirements as well as committee selection. This article provides the reader with ways to make the return to academia a more positive experience.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of South Alabama, Mobile, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Broome
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002755:Choice Behavior; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*