Clarifying the Qualifications for Nurse Scientists

Affiliations

¹ Jeanne Hlebichuk is a nursing research manager/nurse scientist at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI. Rachelle Lancaster and Mary L. Hook are nursing research managers/nurse scientists at Advocate Health, where Vida Vizgirda is a vice president for nursing research. Lindsay Thompson Munn and Carolyn Susan Huffman are assistant professors of implementation science at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC. Esita Patel is an advanced practice data scientist at Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC. Contact author: Jeanne Hlebichuk, jeannelouhleb@gmail.com . The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

Jeanne Hlebichuk et al. Am J Nurs. 2024.

. 2024 Dec 1;124(12):9.

doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0001095164.89179.65. Epub 2024 Nov 21.

¹ Jeanne Hlebichuk is a nursing research manager/nurse scientist at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI. Rachelle Lancaster and Mary L. Hook are nursing research managers/nurse scientists at Advocate Health, where Vida Vizgirda is a vice president for nursing research. Lindsay Thompson Munn and Carolyn Susan Huffman are assistant professors of implementation science at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC. Esita Patel is an advanced practice data scientist at Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC. Contact author: Jeanne Hlebichuk, jeannelouhleb@gmail.com . The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

Abstract

The roles of PhD- and DNP-prepared nurses are very different.