Pursuing a doctorate in nursing: Implications for underrepresented minority nurses.

Making the decision to pursue doctoral studies can be daunting and in some instances life changing. As a dedicated cadre of doctorally prepared minority nurse leaders, we provide mentoring and support to aspiring and current underrepresented minority (URM) doctoral nursing students. Providing support and guidance around doctoral readiness is essential to helping URMS navigate the doctoral nursing education journey.

Faculty perspectives on transitioning public health nursing clinical to virtual in response to COVID-19.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for public health nursing as an integral part of a strong public health workforce. However, it has also created challenges in preparing future nurses as much of nursing instruction, including clinical experiences, needed to urgently transition learning to a virtual environment. This paper describes the process faculty experienced during spring 2020 to quickly transition public health nursing clinicals from in-person to virtual learning in response to COVID-19.