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Retention and Completion of a Doctoral Nursing Programme: Sense Making Through Collective Reflection
Sally Bassett1, Helen Ayres1,2, Karen Lascelles1
1Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
Journal of Advanced Nursing
|October 18, 2025
Summary
Commitment and shared identity were key to nurses completing their professional doctorate. A supportive cohort, professional friendships, and collaborative learning fostered success in this nursing doctoral program.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Professional Doctorate Studies
- Qualitative Research
Background:
- Explores the group experience of eight nurses in their first professional nursing doctorate program.
- Highlights the unique challenges and successes of an inaugural doctoral cohort.
Purpose of the Study:
- To understand the reasons for cohort persistence and successful completion of a nursing doctorate.
- To contribute insights into the doctoral study experience for nurses.
Main Methods:
- Discursive paper utilizing collaborative and collective auto-ethnography.
- Individual and group reflections addressing 'why we stayed' and 'how we succeeded'.
Main Results:
- Key factors for persistence included commitment (proving, obligation, self-determination) and shared identity.
- Successful completion was facilitated by collaborative learning, professional friendships, and Socratic inquiry.
Conclusions:
- A close, supportive cohort, akin to a community of practice, was crucial for success.
- The WhatsApp platform enhanced group cohesion and reflexive closure.
- Recommendations for fostering relationship development and academic persistence in doctoral programs.
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