Building a culture of PhD and DNP collaboration: An SNRS position paper

Abstract

To address the recent focus and call to action to foster inclusion, diversity, and equity within the Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS), this white paper seeks to promote diversity of SNRS membership through enhancing inclusive collaborative partnerships between nurses with research-focused and practice-focused degrees. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), there are currently two principal types of doctoral programs in nursing: research-focused and practice-focused (AACN, 2020). The research

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“…In 2021, SNRS issued a position paper on building a culture of PhD and DNP collaboration (Ashcraft et al, 2021). Each year we deepen our understanding of what it takes to make progress in these collaborations.…”

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“…In 2021, several members of the board of directors of SNRS published a white paper on collaboration in research of doctorly‐prepared nurses to advance the health of the population (Ashcraft et al, 2021), with the approval of the entire BOD. This publication was the result of months of discussion among Board members acknowledging that the goal of nursing research is to produce research that can be employed to understand health and improve health, through health promotion, protection, and disease prevention.…”

“…As we stated in our white paper “Upon review, it becomes clear that a collaborative working partnership between PhD‐ and DNP‐prepared nurses will harness the strengths of each degree toward impactful generation, implementation or clinical translation, evaluation, and dissemination—exactly the mission and vision of the SNRS organization and its members” (Ashcraft et al, 2021, p. 11). With this year's conference theme of building partnerships in research, education, and practice, we are moving towards achieving this goal of fulfilling the mission of SNRS as a society of nurses who are passionate about research in all its forms to improve population health at the multiple levels where nurses have influence.…”

Partnerships to improve social determinants of health, health equity, and health outcomes: An SNRS whitepaper

“…In a previous white paper, “Building a culture of PhD and DNP collaboration: An SNRS position paper” (Ashcraft et al, 2021), we presented the view that collaborative partnerships between nurses prepared in diverse doctoral programs can foster inclusivity, diversity, and equity within the Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS). The purpose of our current white paper is to illustrate the value of such collaborations and to clarify how these collaborations can promote health equity and improve health outcomes.…”