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and comprehensive career counseling and program information.

PhD programs face many challenges, but understanding how intimidation, degree promotion, internal drive, and accessibility affect decision-making for or against a PhD can help to increase enrollments.

*This study described in this article has also been submitted as a manuscript to the Journal of Professional Nursing and is currently under review. n

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Lauren Muñoz is a postdoctoral associate for the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity at George Washington University, where she is currently working on a project to address burnout and moral injury in health and public safety workers.

Lauren holds a BSN, MSN, and PhD in Nursing from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. As a nurse, she worked in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings and also as a rheumatology nurse practitioner. Her research centers around the career decision-making of nurses, including how burnout alters educational and vocational pursuits.