20 years ago sitting in front of a panel of instructors for a Licensed Practical Nursing program entrance interview I was asked a question where do you see yourself in 15 years? I replied that I would be doing a doctorate in Nursing. I feel that the different roles in various levels of Nursing from being a Certified Nursing Assistant to the nurse I am today have since molded my decision to pursue a DNP in Nursing Administration and this program is the right fit for me. I want to become a Nurse Leader at the cutting edge of developing advancements in education methods for disease prevention in various patient populations while serving with integrity.
As a DNP graduate I will possess the leadership skills to play a role in the promotion of
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People in the community, our patients as well as our families rely on nurses for healthcare information and have placed a trust in us as an authority in matters of healthcare. It is in our nature as nurses to help others though what has surprised me is how the meaning of “helping” others has evolved over the years. While the underlying need to help has not changed, the value in helping others has presented itself to me in so many different ways. From holding a scared patient's hand while they are in a hospital isolation room by themselves to helping a patient get the right community resources. From getting an indigent patient’s medical bills paid to educating a patient about a disease process so they could make the right medical decisions to teaching a colleague through understanding a difficult work process and so forth. Through this journey, what has become concrete is that my ultimate goal is to be in a position of leadership so I can be an effective agent of change in the implementation of health policy; advancement of a profession that has been true to me and have the expertise to educate others. Obtaining my education through this program will be advantageous because I shall gain a multifaceted education to further my ability to communicate clearly, think critically and analytically in every