Nursing Scholarship Essay

Growing up I had always wanted to be a nurse. I enjoy being around people in their times of need, and I get great satisfaction by serving those that need help. While in high school, I remember the time when I did some volunteer work for a hospital, and that is when I realized my passion for nursing. I believe that the cure for many of the people's ailments is not just in medicine, it is in the care that they receive as patients in hospitals and in their homes.
I was born and raised in Nepal, which is ranked as one of the poorest nation on earth. Growing up, I was always shocked and saddened by the lack of availability of quality health care for the population. Women and children were the ones who suffered most. This is when I decided to pursue

the career as a nurse, and joined a college to get an associate degree in nursing. While in college as a nursing student, I traveled to many remote parts of the country to volunteer in health camps and provide nursing care. During my final year as a nursing student, I teamed up with a group of friends, and traveled to many villages educating pregnant women about importance of nutrition and health safety measures during pregnancy.
In most of the villages in Nepal, pregnant women suffer from pretty severe iron deficiency.

So, for my thesis for associate degree, I researched on prevalent of iron deficiency among pregnant women in Nepal. The findings were pretty shocking, most of the iron deficiency related complications during pregnancy was simply due to lack of education about the importance of iron rich diet during pregnancy.
After graduating with an associate degree in nursing, I joined one of the renowned hospitals in Nepal as a labor and delivery unit nurse. I was introduced to the profession as a nurse-midwifery, and found that it offered a wonderful means to provide direct-care to women and their families.
After I moved to the U.S., I joined University of Massachusetts, Boston, to earn my Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. For my final year thesis, I researched on the importance of technology for nursing profession. My research concluded with the summary that, with the rapidly changing landscape of technology, it is very important for nurses to keep up with the technological changes to provide better care for the patients. Being a tech savvy nurse helps in being very efficient for delivering quality care, and reduces the pile of paper work one has to deal with every

day.
Having worked as a registered nurse for many years now, I have come to the realization that I have to earn a higher degree in nursing to bring the best out of me, and provide even better care.
During my career as a registered nurse, I have always enjoyed working in different areas of nursing care like acute care, labor and delivery, operation theater, pediatrics and hospice care. So, I have decided to pursue a M.S. degree in Family Nurse Practitioner, so that I can continue to work in all the different areas of nursing care as a nurse practitioner. Learning and education is an ongoing process, getting a degree in F.N.P. is the next stepping stone for my educational as well as professional growth. Further education is fundamental to professional practices.
Advanced practice nurses like F.N.P. do much more critical thinking, research, and guide other nursing staff to assess the appropriate needs of patients and intervene accordingly.
So, after much research and great feedback from my peers at work about CU Denver’s graduate program in nursing, I realized that getting a MS degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner at CU Denver will help me further my career as an advanced practice nurse. I have learned through my online research, and my friends who have attended CU Denver’s FNP program, that it is one of the most robust and highly ranked advanced nursing programs in the nation. Thus, the opportunity to attend the M.S. degree in FNP would be a dream come true for me.