Nursing management programs can provide students with a critical understanding of patient supervision during crises. Learning how to organize nursing schedules, make budgetary decisions, and discipline problem staff members can all be part of the curriculum, as well.

The PhD is a doctoral degree, specifically called a "doctor of philosophy" degree. This is misleading because PhD holders are not necessarily philosophers (unless they earned their degree in philosophy!). That said, PhD recipients are able to engage in thought experiments, reason about problems, and solve problems in sophisticated ways.