My career goal is to become a surgical nurse practitioner. My first objective is to attend Pellissippi State Community College (PSCC) where I intend to become licensed as a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA), so that I can work during the summer months, to gain experience. Once I complete my course of study at Pellissippi, I plan to attend Tennessee Technological University’s competitive nursing program. This nursing program is the best in the state, according to my college adviser, and I look forward to the challenges of being accepted.
After I graduate in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, my goal is to work in the operating room to gain additional experience, while also obtaining a Doctorate of Nursing Practice from an Adult-Gerontology Acute Care program. I am eager to learn from these universities how to solve complex problem solving, think critically, and practice clinical experience so that I may approach my chosen field with confidence.
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I aspire to make a huge impact in patients’ lives as a caring, compassionate nurse, giving them the support they need for a better recovery. I would appreciate and be grateful for this scholarship because it would help me focus more on my school work, reduce my stress over financial concerns, and carry on my family’s tradition of independently working my way through college without financial assistance from my parents. I look forward to working in a solid, lifelong career with constant excitement and challenges, and where learning something new every day is the