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This data set includes spreadsheet used for tracking the availability of nursing program doctoral handbook and the institutions' Carnegie Classification information.  
1) ReadMe.txt --this file 
2) DM Handbooks_DNPPHDDataSet-Shared


Contact Information: 

Rebecca Raszewski - raszewr1@uic.edu 

Tab One

Notes: Changes made to programs on why they were not included or added.

Columns

Dates: When changes were made to list of programs.
Notes: Recorded notes on which programs were removed, added, etc.

Tab Two

Carnegie Classification-The basic classification for each institution

Columns

ID: Numerical identifier assigned to each institution.
Name of the School: Name of Institution with nursing program.
State: State where nursing program was located.
Public/Private: If institution was public, private not for profit, or private for profit based on their status in Carnegie.
Carnegie Classification: Basic category of institution from Carnegie Classification. There were a few institutions that were not included in the Carnegie Classification.
DNP: If the institution did or did not have a DNP program. Y or N was used to indicate if this was the case.
EdD: If the institution had a EdD program. Y was used to indicate if this was the case.
PhD: If the institution did or did not have a nursing PhD program. Y or N was used to indicate if this was the case.
Other:Indicated if there was a similar degree to a nursing doctoral degree.  One example is a Doctor of Nursing Science.
Website: Nursing program website.

Tab Three

HandbooksYesNo-If doctoral nursing programs were available or not available. 

Columns 

ID: Numerical identifier assigned to each institution.
Name of the School: Name of Institution with nursing program.
Consortium: If nursing program was offered in a consortium of institutions.
DNP Program: If the nursing college/department had a DNP program, an X was placed in the column.
PhD, DNS program, etc.: If the nursing college/department had a PhD program, a X was placed in the column.
Handbook Available Y/N: If nursing program handbooks were on the nursing college/department website.
DNP Handbook: If the handbook for the DNP program was available. Y, N, or N/A were put into the columns to indicate if the handbook was not available or it wasn't relevant.  A question mark may have been used if the handbook appeared to be available but there were issues accessing the handbook due to firewalls, etc.
PhD Handbook: If the handbook for the PhD and other similar programs were available. Y, N, or N/A were put into the columns to indicate if the handbook was not available or it wasn't relevant.  A question mark may have been used if the handbook appeared to be available but there were issues accessing the handbook due to firewalls, etc.
URL: Website where handbook(s) were found.