Prepare a statement reflecting your goals and purpose for pursuing graduate study. Goals will be judged for clarity and congruity with graduate education, congruity with selected nursing role in the DNP and congruity with past and current work experience.

Goal Statement

Prepare a statement reflecting your goals and purpose for pursuing graduate study. For admission purposes, goals will be judged for clarity and congruity with graduate education, congruity with selected nursing role in the DNP and congruity with past and current work experience. Limit to no more than 500 words. Include the following in your statement:

a. Relationship of your identified area of study, your career goals, and specific outcomes you want to accomplish from graduate study
b. Relationship between your career goals and past and current clinical experience including work experience or future plans to work in rural areas and/or with medically underserved populations.
c. Ideas for your Doctoral Applied Project in your planned area of clinical expertise.