Guidelines for the Personal/Academic/Professional Statement
Compose a personal statement of 600 to 800 words single-spaced in 12 point, Times New Roman font explaining why you wish to
pursue a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree.
Include the following topics when composing your statement:
• Describe personal strengths, skills, and aptitudes that will contribute to your success in a DNP program.
• Explore the alignment of your professional career goals and the DNP program outcomes.
• Discuss DNP practice-based project ideas or topics and your current or past experiences that make the topic relevant in practice today.
• Identify challenges you anticipate in meeting the program outcomes and address how you will manage these challenges.
• Explain the impact of the DNP-prepared nurse in social change.
• Provide an example of how the DNP degree can transform your current or future practice.
• Reflect on how your DNP project will commit to equity and inclusion in health care and working toward eliminating disparities in health care for all populations.
• Identify information about past achievements in nursing including professional organization memberships, nominations,certifications, and scholarly publications that support the nursing profession.
