Earn a Ph.D. in nursing? A Cal State Fullerton assistant professor tells why

Why would anyone get a Ph.D. in nursing?
That’s a question every doctoral nursing student hears, Sharrica Miller told a cheering audience at her graduation ceremony at UCLA School of Nursing this year.
Miller, Cal State Fullerton assistant professor of nursing, pointed to Sylvia Trent-Adams, then-acting surgeon general of the United States – a nurse with a Ph.D.
Getting a nursing doctorate “is about reaching the pinnacle of nursing excellence,” Miller told the UCLA audien