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Nursing Personal Statement Essay

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Nursing has always been a passion of mine since my first year of nursing school. Each year my desire to improve the quality of nursing care increases. Obtaining a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree will assist me in not only reaching a higher level of clinical knowledge and expertise, but also increase my usage of evidence-based care.
I have over a decade of professional nursing experience, both administratively and clinically, in a level one trauma center at the Medstar Washington Hospital Center. I have worked in both, the surgical ICU and the Emergency Room (ER). In the surgical ICU my daily responsibilities were to manage and monitor the care of critically ill patients requiring life-saving medical equipment and treatment …show more content…

Every day, I triaged patients to determine their level of care, completed nursing care plans, transferred patients throughout the hospital, and discharged patients home when stable. I often served as a preceptor, while working on both units. The experience that I gained from both departments propelled my interest in wanting to further my education, so that I will be able to evaluate research methods and apply them into clinical practice.
My administrative experience was on a medical-surgical oncology unit as a clinical manager. I became chemo- certified, obtained a Medical-Surgical certification, managed the overall operations of the unit, developed a support group for cancer survivors, and implemented quality improvement projects that demonstrated improved clinical outcome measures. Throughout my journey at the Washington Hospital Center, I joined numerous evidence-based committees that improved clinical outcomes.
My thirst for knowledge in clinical research and quality improvement in clinical practice led me to return to school. In 2016, I earned a Master’s Degree in Science with a concentration on Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) at Howard University. Presently I am working in a primary care setting with a diverse underserved population within the inner city of Washington,

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