Prompt: Your statement should demonstrate your ability to communicate effectively in writing, and it should be well composed and developed. In 400-650 words, describe your academic and professional goals answering the following: 1. What inspires your interest in completing your BSN with the UW Bothell program? 2. Describe your long term professional and academic plans and aspirations. 3. How do you believe a Bachelor of Science in Nursing will aid you toward meeting your goals and or enhance your nursing practice? I went to a 2-year Associate in Nursing but now want to get my BSN at University of Washington. I personally want to include how I was raised by my grandmother and how now, she is older (in her late 80s), and she has heart failure and respiratory issues. I want to get my BSN to be more up to date with evidenced-based practices and be able to translate research papers and use that information to care for my grandmother and patients like her.