DNP application….essay question

DNP application….essay question

Hi all,

I was wondering if someone could help me brainstorm with writing some essays for my DNP application. They are requiring three essays.

1: How the DNP and PhD differ. Well, that one is a given….

2: Educational and professional goals, short and long term, and how the DNP will help you reach the goals.

3: Describe your current practice system and recent issues or problems in that system that you might be interested in pursuing for your project.

I have read over and over again about the “project”. It is a three semester class and is a synthesis project.

They have referred to the DNP Essentials on the AACN website. Each has to be a separate essay and max of 500 words.

Any ideas?

Graduate (BSN-DNP) Admissions essay

DNP application….essay question

You have to start with the basic truth. For the 2nd question, start by stating your basic goals: anything else will sound fake. After stating your actual goals, then discuss how the DNP program will help you achieve those goals. Don’t start trying to write the final version right away. Start by simply jotting down ideas and build/refine from there.

For the 3rd question, take a similar approach. Begin by jotting down your thoughts and then work from there. Describe your work setting. What are the issues and problems that you see in that setting? Are there any issues/problems that you might want to work on through your academic program? As a DNP student, you are going to have to do a major project — and they are looking to see whether or not you are prepared to take on such a big project. When you look around at your world, do you see the types of problems that might lend themselves to being solved through such a project? Which topics interest you the most? They are asking you to show that you can assess your environment and identify the types of problems that you would be interested in working on.

Good luck.

Listen to your heart and why you want to get an advanced degree. Then use your head to put that into words that tell why you and why now. Don’t try to be anyone other than YOU are. Have a good friend or collegue read your essays and give you some feedback on them. That is the easy part! Waiting for the admission response is the real killer. Good luck.