title: Integrating emerging areas of nursing science into PhD programs.
abstract: The Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science aims to "facilitate and recognize life-long nursing science career development" as an important part of its mission. In light of fast-paced advances in science and technology that are inspiring new questions and methods of investigation in the health sciences, the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science convened the Idea Festival for Nursing Science Education and appointed the Idea Festival Advisory Committee to stimulate dialogue about linking PhD education with a renewed vision for preparation of the next generation of nursing scientists. Building on the 2010 American Association of Colleges of Nursing Position Statement "The Research-Focused Doctoral Program in Nursing: Pathways to Excellence," Idea Festival Advisory Committee members focused on emerging areas of science and technology that impact the ability of research-focused doctoral programs to prepare graduates for competitive and sustained programs of nursing research using scientific advances in emerging areas of science and technology. The purpose of this article is to describe the educational and scientific contexts for the Idea Festival, which will serve as the foundation for recommendations for incorporating emerging areas of science and technology into research-focused doctoral programs in nursing.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota, School of Nursing, Minneapolis, MN. Electronic address: henly003@umn.edu.
authors.forename: Susan J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Henly
authors.affiliation: Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.
authors.forename: Donna O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota, School of Nursing, Minneapolis, MN.
authors.forename: Jean F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Wyman
authors.affiliation: Columbia University, School of Nursing, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Patricia W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.affiliation: Yale University, School of Nursing, West Haven, CT.
authors.forename: Nancy S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Redeker
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa, College of Nursing, Iowa City, IA.
authors.forename: Ann Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.affiliation: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Nursing Services, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Anna C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Alt-White
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dunbar-Jacob
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI.
authors.forename: Marita G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Titler
authors.affiliation: Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Shirley M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, School of Nursing, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: Margaret M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Heitkemper
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: Yvette P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Conley
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000193:education; D003479:Curriculum; D004467:Economics; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D005544:Forecasting; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000193:education; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000193:education; D014481:United States
keywords: Nursing research; Nursing science; Nursing scientist education; Research-focused doctorate