Clinical Experience Students receive advanced practice nursing experiences in a variety of cooperating agencies. State law requires that all persons having contact with or caring for minors must have criminal history record and sex offender and crimes against minors registry checks. The Ph.D. nursing program at Hampton University requires a minimum of 48 hours of course work and the completion of an original research project resulting in the dissertation. Family and family-related research is the area of emphasis for the degree. Core requirements are the same for all students regardless of their research interests.
Students are able to pursue their individual interests by taking elective and cognate courses.
The program is designed to be flexible enough to be adjusted to the appropriate needs of the students. To complete the program, students are required to satisfactorily complete core courses, an approved area of related study, and demonstrate research competence through the completion of the dissertation. The qualifying examination is taken after the successful completion of 18 semester hours of doctoral level coursework. The student must be enrolled in Nursing 703 to register to take the qualifying examination. A Qualifying Examination Committee, selected from the graduate nursing faculty, is charged with monitoring the construction, implementation and grading the examination.