Your essay document is to be double-spaced in at least font size 11. Your essays are to be in one document with each essay starting on a new page. You are allowed a maximum of 2 pages per essay (6 pages total). Your full legal name should be at the top of each page. Please number each essay or identify it to the question. Your essays are to be uploaded under “Personal Statement.” Please make sure you upload the correct document and it appears as you intended.
The essay question may contain multiple parts so be sure to answer all parts. Carefully check your essays for spelling and grammar. Your ability to communicate will be evident in your essays. Failure to adhere to the formatting guidelines will result in your application being considered incomplete.
Failure to submit the three required essays will result in your application being considered incomplete.
Essay Questions
Essay 1. – REQUIRED – Why have you chosen to pursue a career in nursing and what are your professional goals? What are the skills and talents you possess that will contribute to your future work as a nurse? If you are a second degree student, also discuss why nursing is a better career choice at this time in your life.
Essay 2. – REQUIRED – Describe a very difficult and/or rewarding experience you have had, and discuss how you dealt with it. Discuss in detail the way in which this particular experience impacted your life, and how it might influence your future practice as a nurse.
Essay 3. – REQUIRED – Cultural humility is the ability to be open to new ideas and other cultures, while still being true to your own. Nurses must work effectively with diverse populations (patients and coworkers) from a wide variety of backgrounds. Discuss a specific situation in which you had to consider diversity and apply cultural humility in your interactions with others and what you learned.