Scholarship in Nursing: Ethics of a Practice Doctorate

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The American Association of Colleges of Nursing recently adopted a position statement which gave approval for the development of a doctorate of nursing practice. What are possible ethics related to meaning and scholarship in providing this form of terminal degree in nursing? What are some questions that members of the discipline ought to be thinking about when pondering beginning such programs? When viewed from a nursing theoretical perspective, what are potential implications for initiating this degree? This column shall begin the discussion regarding the ethics and possible meanings for doing what is best for the discipline of nursing.

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