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.
