If you’ve decided to go to personal statement for nursing school, or want to advance your nursing career by furthering your nursing education, you’ll need to go through an application process. As well as providing transcripts of your educational background, experience, references and letters of recommendation you will often have to provide a personal statement for nursing school. Writing this document has become a standard part of the application process for nurses who want to start or advance their career.
The term ‘personal statement’ is slightly misleading: educational institutions that ask for this are not asking you to tell your life story. Instead, what they want from you is to demonstrate the unique qualities that you have that make you a good candidate for their educational program. Your goal is to make your personal statement stand out from the many other people that are applying. This document should set out your personal goals in nursing, why you would make a good candidate and be tailored to the particular institution you are applying.
While educational institutions will provide you with prompts about the specific information they are looking for in your application, many will also require this personal statement (sometimes also called a ‘statement of purpose’). This is usually required to be in the form of an essay and, while it should be tailored to the specific program you are applying for, there are some common elements to these essays you need to be aware of.
When setting out to write this essay take careful note of any requirements regarding length of the document and its formatting as this could disqualify you before you’ve even begun. The most important thing to keep in mind when writing a personal statement is that it should present you as a dedicated professional that is committed to caring for the health and wellbeing of others. Make sure that whilst doing this you follow any guidelines that they have set and avoid any slang or overly familiar language so that you present yourself in a professional way.
Remember that while it is not intended to be a life history, you should nonetheless include personal elements that illustrate why you are a good candidate for a career in nursing and the specific program that you are applying for. In general, you should include your educational background, any volunteer work you have undertaken at hospitals or aged care facilities, your work experience, your personal motivation for undertaking a nursing career, any other relevant life skills you have and finally the unique personal traits that you have that you believe would make you a good nurse and a fit for the particular program you are applying for.
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