Nurses' various ways of conceiving their learning process as doctoral students: a phenomenographic study.

Aim: The aim was to describe variations in how doctoral students conceive their learning process to become researchers in the light of their professional background as nurses.

Background: Nursing research is an emerging discipline and the number of nurses who acquire a doctor's degree is increasing.

Method: The study had a descriptive, qualitative design with a phenomenographic approach and was carried out by means of 20 interviews.