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Hello, I am currently applying to an Masters of Nursing-Entry Level Program and I would appreciate any feedback on my draft! This is a program for pre-nursing students with a non-nursing B.S degree that will achieve a RN and a MSN degree. This is one of the questions this particular school asks. 2. Explain your motivation for graduate study to become a nurse. As I walked into my patient's room, I witnessed a frail, middle-aged man who was anxious to leave the nursing facility. As a part of my duties as an Emergency Medical Technician, I approached him and introduced myself, explaining to him that he was to be discharged and transported via ambulance under my care. The man grazed my hand with earnestness and tells me, Get me out of here.” He went on to tell me that he had been mistreated and at one point– he was not given water because he had soiled his sheets. I was taken aback by his feedback about the nursing care of the facility. Given his age, the man appreciated his independence and was visibly embarrassed by his incontinence. However, while he was recovering from a stroke, it was something he had no control over. I was staggered by the lack of compassion towards patients in that facility. However, the more I worked as an EMT and transported patients to and from several healthcare facilities, I came to realize that this lack of empathy is quite common and is typically overlooked unless the patient or family reports the issue. I find this kind of care absolutely unacceptable and I am determined to pursue an impacting role in nursing to prevent such management of patients. When a patient comes in to the clinic or hospital, they expect to obtain a solution to whatever medical issue they are facing. Without actually asking for it explicitly, patients also want to know they will be well taken care of, and that their problems will be heard. Nurses are at the forefront” of caregivers in healthcare and fully understand their patients from their admission to their discharge. A profession within medicine that allows for this amount of personal impact and interaction is nursing. Out of all the healthcare professions, nursing stood out to me because of the model of personal care it embodies. I truly believe patients should be seen as individuals rather than diseases to be cured. I want to help them as a whole and provide care and support in their times of need, but as well as provide them treatment and education for preventative care. While the nursing field continues to expand over time with additional responsibilities, the ability to diagnose, treat, and manage remains at a graduate level. By pursuing a Nurse Practitioner role, the extended scope of practice in this field will allow me to educate and further benefit the healing process. I intend to complement the medical team by exemplifying values of empathy and ethical conduct with holistic treatment. Altogether, this particular experience as an EMT combined with the hours in a distinguished ophthalmic clinic, interning at the community hospital and medical trip in Peru, has confirmed my motivation to pursue graduate level nursing. As a graduate level nurse, I see myself at a better level of understanding medical treatment along with establishing an uplifting environment. I believe in teamwork that is driven by positive, effective and considerate workers, which ultimately can improve patient's treatment. I intend to prevent any negligence and promote care that respects the patient as an individual; and as a person who is not just a patient but somebody's parent, friend, spouse or child. One nurse's actions can overshadow others, impacting the patient's experience and opinion of the hospital or the facility. In order to heal effectively, patients should feel safe and at ease knowing that they are in good hands. Medicine can treat the patient physically but it is the nurse's reliability, empathy and kindness that are key components in the healing process.

I recently graduated from a 4-year university with a B.S in Neuroscience. I was thinking about a career as a NP or L&D RN. I have volunteer experience, EMT certification (no EMT job however), and hospital internship experience. However, I did not do as great as I would like in my science classes in college. I have a 2.8 cumulative, but 3.0 gpa last 80 units. I'm currently doing my prerequisite classes I have not taken yet (anatomy, physio, nutrition, etc) at a CC before I apply to grad school. I'm scared about my gpa and I am also not sure whether I should choose ABSN or MSN-E. Would I have a chance even with my low gpa, but I do plan on doing well in the prereq courses? Also, I was thinking NP but I have not shadowed one and I do not know any connections to one. How would I go about searching an NP to shadow? Thank you!

I recently received my B.S in Neuroscience and I am thinking about Nurse Practitioner in the future. My GPA is scratching bare minimum for most programs (3.0 for last 90 units) but I plan to increase it with the prereqs. I am going to work as an EMT and take prerequisite classes right now during my gap year before I start applying to nursing programs. BUT, I'm still a little lost which path I should take. Should I apply to the 12-15 month ABSN programs and then work as an RN for a while and then eventually pursue my masters as an NP? OR should I go straight through and do the MSN-E program since it basically is a combination of ABSN and then work+part time master's work done online (according to the programs I've been looking at). I am not sure which one would be a better option. ALSO, I accidentally took the wrong prereq Anatomy and Physiology class since I took a combination class and a lot of schools ask for it separately. This means I probably will take a longer time than just one year to complete all the prereqs for most programs. Is there any option anyone would recommend would be better, time-wise? Thank you!