The article talks about the academic and professional goals of a student and how Walden University has helped in shaping their future profession as a scholar-practitioner. The student aims to gather as much knowledge as possible from their lecturers and fellow students and develop professional skills to attend to future clients in a satisfactory and sustainable manner. The educational studies offered by the school of nursing are based on the scholar-practitioner model, addressing the continuum of care across the diverse nursing professions offered in this university.