Personal Statement for PhD in Nursing at UAMS

Running head: PERSONAL STATEMENT
Personal Statement
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author note

1PERSONAL STATEMENT
Reason for Graduate study
Nursing can be defined as a profession that enables a group of professionally trained individual
to care for physically or psychologically ill as well as vulnerable healthcare users. Being a
student of nursing, I have been always taught that nursing is not just a job, but an opportunity to
help people through some of their most joyous and worst moments. This is one of the chief
reasons for me to earn a PhD in Nursing and develop the capability to provide appropriate hand-
on care to the patients. One of the greatest motivations for me is that the mentioned profession
will provides me the capacity to make a difference by eradicating the loopholes of the current
Canadian Nursing system. In the year 2017, I have completed the MSN degree in Family
Nursing Practitioner GPA. In the mentioned program I have obtained theoretical knowledge
about organizational, social, biological, as well as nursing sciences. Along with that, I also
learned the appropriate usage of critical thinking, creative reasoning, and making quick clinical
decisions when situation demand. During my graduation, I have also learned to implement
advanced practice nursing care in partnership with different communities.
Impact of personal characteristics and Background on Leadership Skills
Since my childhood I have grown up in a culturally diverse region and as a result have deep
respect for cultural diversity. I have grown up in Saudi Arabia. During childhood I had
experienced poverty and lack of healthcare facilities. As a child, I had evidenced death of one of
our neighbors due to lack of proper medical care. This experience had somehow encouraged me
to become a successful healthcare service provider. While these facts can be considered as my
strengths, some of the major weaknesses include lack of attentiveness and restlessness. I am
aware of the fact that both my strengths as well as weaknesses have the potential to impose