¶ … Decision to Pursue a Nursing Degree and Future Career Goals
This is an admission letter for acceptance into a Master Degree Program.
New Career
Like an increasing number of people, I have chosen to pursue a career in a new profession after years in another. I enjoy working with others and for the past seven years have been employed as both a special education teacher and a school counselor in various grade levels throughout middle and high school. My current goal is to pursue an advanced nursing by gaining admittance to the Second Degree BSN/MSN Program at Duquesne University, which may eventually lead to a career as a Family Nurse Practitioner.
Reasons for This Career
There are three main reasons I am pursuing a nursing career:
have always desired to work in a profession which is based on working with and serving people. This type of career gives me the greatest joy and...
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Introduction An MSN-prepared nurse educator, Anita (name changed for this paper) is the ideal individual to interview for this project. Anita exemplifies the value of pursuing the MSN, particularly as the degree empowers the individual to pursue careers in research and education as well as in being a nurse practitioner. Furthermore, Anita shows how the trajectory of nurse education is not always a straight line. Nurses often pursue their degrees intermittently,
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