Nursing Admissions Essay

Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine

Van Gogh once said “your profession is what you’re put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling”. That is what nursing is to me. A passion that started early in life. During my senior year in high school, I completed the nursing assistant course over a holiday break in order to begin working as a certified nursing assistant at a local hospital and nursing home. I continued serving others, in this capacity, while I pursued higher education earning my Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Clarkson College. After graduation, I began my career as a Registered Nurse at Sacred Heart Hospital. Over the last nine years at Sacred Heart, my experience grew as a staff nurse on a Cardiology Step-down Unit,

I am applying for the position of Nurse Extern at your facility and I meet the requirements set by your facility. I am in the process of earning my nursing degree and I will be graduating in December 2016. This position will help me gain the experience needed to take a step into the professional nursing world. This hands-on experience will be essential in helping me prepare myself to work as a nurse in the future.

Factors contributing to the application of a master's program in nursing are to intellectually challenge myself, broaden my scope of practice and comprehension as a registered nurse. I recently graduated with my bachelors in nursing and have worked as a registered nurse for close to seven years. I became a registered nurse to help people. I feel my nursing career has rewarded me personally each and everyday. When someone tells me "thank you" and appreciates my kindness and understanding I leave work feeling fulfilled. I would like the opportunity to continue to feel this way by enhancing my understanding of medicine. By becoming a Family Nurse Practitioner, I would be able to bridge between being a nurse and a physician. I would be able

Your motivation for pursuing a career in the MSN specialty for which you are applying

Going into the nursing program at Colorado Christian University means so much to me. I have been to a couple different colleges but at that time I wasn’t sure what I wanted to go for. Now, I know exactly what my goal is and what I want to achieve with school. I currently work as a Hospice CNA, I love my job. I will be the first out of my parents and mothers side of the family to graduate from a four year college. Also, being a nurse is something I’ve always dreamed about. Working as a hospice CNA has really made me value life and has opened my eyes to nursing. I love being there for my patients and their families. I truly feel like this is my purpose on earth to help others. I feel so rewarded to be able to take care of these people that cannot

Since starting my nursing career at Penn, my commitment to primary care across the lifespan has consistently been reaffirmed. While the accelerated nursing program has challenged me, I utilize outside resources when necessary while building upon proven personal strengths and learning strategies. This approach will help me succeed through the family nurse practitioner (FNP) fast track program and as I become a leader in my field. Because of my experiences, qualifications, and passion for primary care I believe I am uniquely eligible for the fast track program.

I am interested in your Nurse Practitioner position for the Interventional Endoscopy Service, which was posted on indeed.com. I am writing because I believe I possess the qualities you seek. I received my master of science from Columbia University School of Nursing. Prior to becoming a Nurse Practitioner, I worked as a Spanish teacher for 15 years and as a Spanish medical interpreter for 7 years. Using my linguistic and cultural literacy, and the nursing skills I acquired at Columbia and as a working RN, I would be an asset as an NP, especially in a community like Washington Heights.

My initial interest in nursing began from my experience with my grandmother. It was in the fall of 2007 when my grandmother was sent to the hospital due to hypernatremia. My dad would pick me up every afternoon from school to visit my grandmother. I was given the responsibility to look after my grandma for nearly two weeks that includes in feeding her, assisting her, and other light duties. What fascinate me during my visits in the hospital were the nurses who assisted and took care of my grandma. They treated my grandma with dignity, kindness, compassion, courtesy, respect, understanding, and love. Their commitment, professionalism, dedication, determination and skills inspired me to pursue a career in the medical field. From that point, I realized that nursing is a field that enables people impact other people’s lives and make a difference. At 9 years old, being a nurse was a childhood dream and now I am at the point of turning my dream into reality. I want to study and pursue my dream registered nursing at Ryerson University that offers a nursing degree program that focuses on developing student’s critical thinking skills, ability to analyze reflectively and apply theory through community health focused practice making Ryerson one of the best nursing schools in Canada.

For this assignment, I had to interview many of colleague, who are nurses at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND. The reason why I interviewed many nurses is because they didn’t have enough time to answer all my questions due to their busy schedule and workload. I believed interviewing many nurses will give me a greater perspective on the type of writing they do in their careers. I assumed interviewing my colleague whom I have known for a long time was certainly going to be an austerely simple task, but to my surprise, it turned out to be very hard and challenging. What made my interview very challenging is that my colleagues had a difficult time taking my interview serious because many times during the course of our work I pulled a lot of pranks on them. I have been working at Sanford Health for more a year now, as a nurse aide in the surgical inpatient unit. If I learned anything while working as a nurse aide is that to be a nurse, it requires a lot of mental and physical fortitude. I greatly admire the work they do day in and day out. Nurses have strong emotional power and the ability to withstand adversity. Working in the surgical unit as a postoperative nurse is not easy, the work demand can take a toll on even the strongest in both physically and mentally. During a difficult time, when I am working, I try to entertain the nurses by joking with them and telling them that they only got a few hours left for them before they can go home and relax.

In the interview the question about any advice she wanted to offer was asked, with a big smile on her face, I am sure, she responded that the field is “wide open” ("Nursing Informatics as a Career," 2011) she continued on to say, if you are a self-starter it

Tell us why you decided to apply to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition, share with us the academic, extracurricular, or research opportunities you would take advantage of as a student. If applicable, provide details of any circumstance that could have had an impact on your academic performance and/or extracurricular involvement.

When deciding on a career, psychologists suggest that one considers their childhood activities and life experiences. As children, we often are engrossed in activities that bring us the greatest delight and contentment. In adults, these feelings are experienced as stimulation and satisfaction. For me, my deepest passion is to care for others as a nurse.

As a public health nurse, I am seeking a Doctoral Degree in Nursing to expand my clinical knowledge and to apply this knowledge into clinical practice. In addition, I want to address the need for nurse leaders. Currently, the nursing profession needs advanced practitioners that will influence the field of nursing by contributing evidence-based research into clinical practice. By continuing my education, I will become a more respected leader among the community and the medical field. I look forward to making an impact in the field of nursing.

I decided to pursue nursing because most of my relatives from my father’s side are nurses. I was hesitant at first, but after starting the program and doing clinical in different hospitals, I felt really happy being able to help people. I am currently not employed, but I used to work in Skilled Nursing Facility before staring the Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN) program. I decided to pursue my BSN because I want to go further in my education and become a more competent nurse in the future. I see it as a stepping stone to my higher educational goals One of the clinical rotations I enjoyed the most during my Associate Degree in Nursing (AND) program is Mental Health Nursing. I really want to help those people who are suffer from mental illness