Family Nurse Practitioner Personal Statement

First and foremost I believe that education is the key to success. Continuing my education to become a family nurse practitioner has always been a lifelong dream of mine ever since I started out in the medical field eight years ago.

Over the years, my nursing clinical expertise has blossomed and it is through such experience I knew that I wanted more out of my nursing degree. I have always been a strong advocate for my patients and believe in treating each and every patient as if they were my own family. One particular instance that drove my passion to become a nurse practitioner took place at my first nursing job working at a rehabilitation center. I had done an initial assessment on a patient of mine and found that her heart rate was one hundred and fifty and irregular. I immediately called the doctor since she had no prior history of cardiac problems and he told me to administer oral Cardizem and he would see her in the morning. I firmly believed that she needed to go to the emergency department for further follow up. After much debate with the doctor, he agreed that an ambulance and immediate medical attention was probably necessary. It was through my advocacy that this woman received the medical attention she needed and deserved. I realized at this point in my career that I needed more autonomy within my profession.

Some skills and qualities I possess that will help me through my graduate degree program are my ambition, dedication, and hard work ethic.

My co-workers have described me as someone who is immensely helpful, intelligent, outgoing and an effective communicator. All of these qualities combined with my work experience will assist me in the completion of my graduate degree. I currently hold a 3.97-grade point average at Ferris State University while working on my bachelor’s degree. I will have this completed in May of 2016 as I am in my last

semester.

I believe nurse practitioners take on a leadership role within their workplace as well as their communities. During my time spent working in cardiac I was often elected to being in charge of the floor for the night shift. This meant taking the same amount of patients as everyone else along with added responsibilities. It meant being a valuable resource for the other nurses on the floor and dealing with patient problems as they arise. I thoroughly enjoyed this responsibility and feel as though it will prepare me for additional professional excellence in the future.

This degree will enable me to pursue my interest in the diagnosis, treatment of disease and prevention on a multitude of patients. Following and managing patient care will be entirely rewarding as I often times wonder how a patient is doing when they are discharged. After my master’s degree program I plan on obtaining a position at a medical health center and perusing my passion of practicing nursing as a practitioner. I believe in a high-quality education, which is why I have chosen Davenport for this graduate degree program. I feel as though I could also be a valuable asset to other students in this program as I bring a variety of knowledge to the table. Thank you for the wonderful opportunity to apply to such a prestigious school.