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Looking to apply to nursing school with a bachelors in Spanish and interpretation! I work as PCT (equivalent to a CNA) in the ICU, I need some inspiration for my essay! What your thoughts!

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Is it an open-ended essay or does it have a specific purpose statement?

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If you didn't learn how to write an essay (which has a particular format, i.e., required element) when you took high school English, here are two good references to get you started.

We obviously can't write an essay about why YOU want to get into nursing school. YOU have to do that.

Essay Tips: 7 Tips on Writing an Effective Essay - Fastweb

also, if you are more into video than reading, here's a YouTube.

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There are four questions which are:

Category 1: Please answer one of the following essay prompts.

1. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure or setback. How did it affect you, and what lessons did you learn?

2. Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again?

Category 2: Please answer one of the following essay prompts.

1. Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal that impacted you personally and highlights your strengths.

2. Nursing is a service profession. What does this mean to you?

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Great questions, they'll give the admissions people some insight into how you'll do.

What are your thoughts on them?

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I believe I have decided on question number 2 in both categories. I wanted to speak about defiying the sterotypes (as I am a hispanic 1st generation to be the first in my family to graduate college), but I'm not sure if that is a good respnse to that question. In regards to the second question, I wanted to write about how I believe nursing is a service profession through the act of communication and how I have realized how vital and important that is as I have seen not being able to communicate to health professionals as I experienced this with my mother and her not being able to speak english. Im not sure if that is too much on my cultural background and/or heritage.

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It's a useful thing to discuss. I had a bunch of students from Vietnam once-- many of them wanted to become nurses so they could bring healthcare knowledge and literacy to the large Vietnamese immigrant population in our city. If you mean it, say so.

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