Personal Statement for admissions application
Having had a successful career in Nursing, I feel that this is the ideal moment for me to advance my career and obtain a DPN degree. This is because I want to experience greater levels of the joy of leadership in the years ahead of me. I am interested in earning the DNP degree so that I can advance my healthcare delivery and patient outcome skills. The Incarnate Word University provides the best foundation for the development of leadership and enhancement of clinical management skills for practicing registered nurses. The university also offers the Post-BSN to DNP track for nurses who want to become a psychiatric mental nurse practitioner which is my area of interest.
The DNP is rooted in clinical practice and is meant for advanced practice nurse practitioners whereas the Ph.D. is rooted in research and meant for people who want to be educators and researchers. The reason I selected DNP is that I want to be involved in clinical practice rather than focus on research. I want to be involved in the patient’s lives and help them through their conditions because that is what am passionate about. Therefore earning a DNP will enhance my knowledge and improve my nursing practice and the outcome of the patients. My expectations from earning the degree are that I will be able to deliver high-quality advanced nursing care. From the additional knowledge about leadership that I will get, I will be able to provide the required leadership in the discipline of nursing.
The DNP degree will give me the expertise that is needed to analyze and interpret a patient’s health data and then use what I observe to implement individualized strategies of treatment. I will be in a better position of being able to educate patients about ways in which they will manage their chronic diseases, how to avoid injuries, and overall maintain a healthy lifestyle. The DNP credentials will enable be utilize the evidence-based practice that will help me develop effective work teams that will have a positive impact on my practice.
Military veterans, forensic, and jail/prison populations are the clinical populations that are of interest to me. This is because these populations involve patients with infectious diseases and are prone to poor health. These populations need undivided attention due to their exceptional healthcare requirements. These populations also require treatment concerning mental health and drug abuse and that is why I am interested in them to ensure that their treatment needs are catered for and they get the required education and information. Psychiatry is my clinical area of interest because mental health is very important in the entire health and life of a patient. Psychiatry is an area that requires a competent and compassionate mental health nurse practitioner who will be able to assess, diagnose, and treat the mental health condition.
Innovative leadership is a method that combines different leadership styles intending to influence employees to come up with creative ideas, products, and services. Being an innovation leader means being a leader that can think and influence other people to develop and implement new and better ideas that help in the delivery of healthcare and the outcome of the patient. It means being a leader that influences the growth of their team and the organization as a whole.
