A brief explanation of your personal motivations and goals in pursuing the DNP degree

A brief explanation of your personal motivations and goals in pursuing the DNP degree. A description of the expectations and role of a nurse with a practice doctorate and how they may differ from those of a nurse with a research doctorate. A description of how, as a DNP-prepared nurse, you hope to address an organization’s quality improvement needs by attending to a gap in practice or implementing a practice change. Include any previous experiences you have had in addressing a gap in practice or a practice change within an organization. For example: I found that there was a gap in addressing adolescent female prevention interventions with chemical substances. A colleague found a gap in recognizing sepsis early and added a “hard stop” to charting when these dynamics occurred. A former student was asked to develop simulation experiences for nurses new to working in an outpatient surgical practice. The director said some nurses froze the first time crises occurred. He developed a program of various crises that can happen in the surgical suite, so new nurses could practice their responses. A school nurse I know developed a 12-session health class on the greatest risks to high school students’ health after absences increased the previous school year due to health-related issues.