Personal Statement for DNP Program

PERSONAL STATEMENT
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I am zealous to purse graduate program in DNP. The thing that makes me a suitable choice for
the current course is my amicable nature. Being a 33-year-old individual and a father of three
kids gives me immense flexibility to handle tasks and mix with people irrespective of their age
and social status. Talking about my annual income, it would be fair enough to state that I am
fully employed nurse, with annual income of 50000$. On the other hand, I even run a business
that helps me to increase my income to roughly 98000$ annually. However, my passion remains
in nursing and helping people, my academic record can attest my statement. I have acquired
double majors in domain of operating room from the college of Health Science with a score of
3.55 out of 4. In addition to that I belong from a cultural diverse family with 8 siblings who are
highly educated and supportive. The fact that makes me suitable choice for the degree is the
understanding of cultural diversity. Raised as a Muslim individual in Saudi Arabia I am well
versed with the cultural obligations from the Islamic patients. Additionally, I have gained
immense experience during my 4 years professional tenure in Australia. Both the places have
taught me something new and made me increasingly cultural competent as a nurse.
I personally feel it is important for a nurse to be culturally competent. The National Institute of
Health (NIH), acknowledges cultural respect as an important factor in reducing the disparity
related to healthcare (degree.astate.edu, 2019). I personally feel, it is important to be culturally
competent, failure to the same can lead to patient dissatisfaction. Evidence based research
suggest that lack of effective communication between patient and the healthcare professional can
lead to problems and even wrong diagnosis (Tawfic et al. 2017). For instance, Spanish speaking
individuals often complain about limited dissatisfaction with English speaking healthcare
professionals. Thus, I can provide quality care to individuals speaking English and even Arabic
as I have good control over both of them.

I am personally elated to pursue further degree in nursing related to anaesthesia. After graduating
from the courses related to health science, anesthesiology emerges out as a special subject that
aptly aligns with my future and even personal goals. As far as my knowledge goes,
anesthesiology is a complex combination of cerebral requirements of internally administered
medicine (Mulier, 2016). The internally administered medicines demand complementary skills of
surgery. The excitement of performing the medical intervention that can have instant effect on
patient stability and comfort, furnishes me with high satisfaction. In addition to that I look
forward to enrich my existing experience of working with different patients for better nurse-
patient interactions
There are just few more reasons for me to apply for the position that I have applied. The prime
reason why I love this speciality as it provides me high level of job satisfaction. As per the
perception of Jevtovic-Todorovic and Brambrick (2018), patients ate appreciative of the health
related services provided by the anesthesiologists. It is for the same reason that I desire to
provide these important healthcare related anesthesia services. One of the most evident memory
that I remember till date was during my first rotation in medical school during trauma surgery. I
can clearly recall the condition of a trauma patient lying without conscious and required
immediate intubation. Due to the pre-existing body habitus of the patient, it was increasingly
difficult to gain a proper airway for the patient. Unfortunately, the level of oxygen saturation in
blood was seen to diminish leading to extreme tension among the nurses and doctors.
Thankfully, an experienced anesthesiologist was present during that scenario. Through constant
endeavours and several attempts of anesthesiologist, the medical team was successful enough to
intubate the patient.