The Independence Blue Cross Nurses for Tomorrow Scholarship will afford me to the opportunity to reach my professional goals while setting an example and creating a better future for other nurses of tomorrow. Professionally, I desire the doctorate of nursing practice degree to create change in how nurses are educated. I have large ideas that this degree is helping me refine and learn how to implement. One of these ideas is the creation of a better educational path for individuals that would have traditionally become associate degree nurses. This new path will have the potential to reduce the health disparities faced by these students while creating the bachelor’s prepared nursing workforce.…
I am asking for your help to solve a health crisis facing America. Around my city I see communities devasted be opioid overdoses. It is very devastating to see stories about overdoses on the new, in newspapers, and online. People should be able to treat their pain without worrying if they will get addicting or even dying.…
Once upon a time there was a nursing student named Jensen Richards. Jensen had always had a passion for nursing and compassion for people. This compassion only grew stronger once she was old enough to work in a nursing home as a CNA. Going to Oshkosh for nursing seemed to be an easy choice for Jensen; it was the only school on her mind. Her parents both attended Oshkosh and it was the perfect distance from home. Jensen knew that she would have to work really hard in college because the average GPA for nursing students was higher than she had received in high school. Ready to take on the challenge, Jensen changed her study habits. Although there are many nursing schools in Wisconsin, Oshkosh is one of the best schools in the state. There…
My desire to pursue a career in health care is greatly influenced by its unlimited opportunities for career development and the desire to impact another person’s life positively. As a kid, I always had a burning desire to become a nurse or a medical doctor but my parents’ influence and their perception of the engineering profession while in Nigeria lured me away. I trained and practiced as a Materials Engineer back in Nigeria, where I worked as a research and development officer for five years. However, coming to the United States created the turning point in my life. I searched for engineering jobs unsuccessfully for many months, and none was forthcoming despite availability of many job openings in nursing and healthcare related fields. In order to confirm my readiness to pursue nursing as a career, I entered a Practical Nursing program at the Wilbur Wright College in Chicago. At this time, I was still driving cab to support myself, while I dropped it completely upon graduation and passing LPN board examination.…
My personal nursing mission statement is changing and developing as my career advances, however, one core piece will remain constant. I will strive to provide the best, safest, most ethical and compassionate nursing care that I can for all patients and family members with whom I come in contact. I began my post-high school academic career as an accounting major. I enjoyed the challenge of manipulating a report until I had balanced. I thought I had found my calling. As my first semester was nearing an end, I found myself contemplating the thought of sitting behind a desk all day. I wondered if I would find fulfillment in this work as a career? The more I pondered this thought, the more I realized that this was not the right career path for me. I saw images of the medical assistant program in the catalog at the school where I was attending. I could not shake the thought of the medical field for a profession. I attained my medical assistant degree and worked in the field for 10 years. The longer I worked, the more I realized that there was more that I wanted to do, but my current degree restricted me from going further. I researched nursing school programs and selected one with a night/weekend program that would allow me to continue working full-time during my studies. I have a family that I needed to continue to provide for and this seemed to be the best fit. My nursing school decision was fortified when I was selected for an award by the nursing faculty from all four semesters for excellence in the clinical setting. After graduation, I began my nursing career working as a case manager for orthopedic worker’s compensation patients. During this time I gained critical knowledge of the importance of clear documentation, the ever-changing requirements of insurance companies and an extra measure of compassion for…
Nurses share the joys, pains, and triumphs of their patients. Everyday nurses show-up for duty, receive their patients, and without hesitation begin to become a valued member of an extended family. I initially went to school with the goal of becoming a medical doctor. At the time, I believed becoming a doctor was the only way I could ultimately give back to my community through my passion for science. The decision to pursue the field of advanced nursing, developed after sharing my concerns about healthcare in the Mississippi Delta with my local family nurse practitioner.…
Being in the medical field for the past ten years, I have seen the growth and changes in the medical field. When I began my nursing career as a medical assistant, I noticed many other nurses continuing their education to be able to have greater hands on approach in nursing. This opened my eyes to the endless possibilities that a nurse can do, whether it’s with direct patient care or being a resource to patients and other nurses around. After completing my RN in May of 2015, I decided that I really enjoyed being a mentor and teacher to other nurses. That is why I am continuing on with my education in hopes to one day receive my Master’s degree in Nursing and be able to utilize the knowledge and skills that I build, to educate patients. I still…
Practitioner (ACNP) with the department of Urology at Saint Louis University Hospital (SLUH) and has been licensed and board certified since 2010. FS graduated in 2005 from Goldfarb School of nursing in Saint Louis earning her bachelor of science (BSN) and then took an intensive care staff position with Missouri Baptist hospital for two years. With two years of experience she felt she needed to continue her education in nursing and enrolled in a Saint Louis University (SLU) ACNP program. She realized after the first year that trying to work full time and take classes was too much for her, so she decided to quit her job to focus full time on her studies. Her first position as an ACNP was with the trauma department step down floor at SLUH in 2011. This position was advertised in newsprint and after sending in her resume she was contacted to for an interview in person.…
I also plan to be an advocate and an educator to my rural community where there is a need for FNP. There is a severe shortage of primary care physicians in my rural area of southern Oklahoma. I believe I would be a great asset to my rural community as a nurse practitioner due to my ability to provide high quality care, resulting in similar patient outcomes to physician-provided care. I believe I could provide patients in my area with a high level of satisfaction, along with quality health care and good…
My choice of nursing as a career was influenced by a diagnosis of Crohn 's Disease at the age of thirteen. The physician 's exact words at the time to my parents and I were, “you 'll have this for the rest of your life and you 'll have to learn how to deal with it.” Then he walked out of the room. We all felt scared, lonely, inadequate, and uninformed. A week after my four day admission, I finally met with a nurse educator who taught me , “how to deal with it.”…
I plan to build upon this unique educational background with a doctorate level nursing education through The College of Saint Scholastica. As a family nurse practitioner with a background in child development I will be able to provide a holistic understanding of the needs of children, families, and adults at all developmental levels.…
Healthcare systems and the way safe, quality health care is delivered are continually changing to better serve patients and communities. Professional nursing practice is a large component in the healthcare system today. Back in the 1960s, professional nursing leaders tried to adopt the bachelor degree programs as the only educational track to become a registered nurse (Creasia & Friberg, 2011). Due to nursing shortages and demands this motive did not hold fast. Individuals entering the nursing profession today must first decide which educational pathway to take to become a Registered Nurse (RN).…
This IOM report strongly encourages our nursing population to obtain higher degrees. Not only does the committee prefer baccalaureate, master and doctorate prepared nurses, but they want to see our nursing population become more diverse. They want the nursing workforce to be leaders, able to meet the needs of all patients and able to deliver care at a higher standard. Health policy and health care financing competencies need to be included in the curriculum as well as leader ship, quality improvement and systems thinking (Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, 2011). The committee has set a goal for 80% of nurses to have a minimum of a BSN by the year 2020. In order for this goal to be met, several changes in our education programs need to occur. One change is…
I have always been the type of person to put my best efforts first, especially when it comes to helping other people. Since always feeling the need to help other people, I plan to pursue a career in healthcare and I dream of becoming a registered nurse to fulfill my desires to help people. Currently, I am striving to finish my prerequisite before I apply to Cecil's nursing program in the fall of 2017. During nursing school, I plan to continue working in the hospital environment of Upper Chesapeake Medical Center to be involved in a healthcare atmosphere. I find that being at the hospital provides myself with inspiration to excel in my academics. I take my current classes seriously since they are required and necessary to improve my knowledge…
Fulfilling my goal of becoming an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner will enable me to enhance my current nursing knowledge base, treat patients holistically, and contribute to this noble profession. Walden university is the ideal institution to support my academic pursuits, given their credibility, great faculty, and challenging curriculum. They offer an extensive, but a flexible online program that greatly fits my needs. Walden also had been recommended by my colleagues. If given the privilege to be accepted, I aim to adhere to maintaining your high standards, study well, commit to completing the program and utilize the proficiency I have been given to become exceptional in the…