MSN in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Foreign academic records must be evaluated by World Education Services (WES) prior to submitting your application to The University of New Mexico College of Nursing. College of Nursing academic advisors cannot evaluate foreign transcripts or professional credentials.

A current Resume or CV

Official transcripts from all institutions you have attended

Three Essay Responses (No More than 500 words): Question 1: Health equity and social justice are important core concepts in nursing and are emphasized and valued in the UNM College of Nursing DNP program. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2017) define health equity as, “when every person has an opportunity to attain his or her full health potential” and no one is “disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances.” And health inequity as, “the distribution and allocation of power and resources differentially, which manifest in unequal social, economic, and environmental conditions.” Health inequities are reflected in differences in length of life; quality of life; rates of disease, disability, and death; severity of disease; and access to treatment. Please describe your professional experiences with one health inequity experienced by individuals in your care and discuss how you could address this inequity in your practice as a DNP prepared Advanced Professional Nurse to improve health outcomes. Question 2: Healthcare is increasingly complex. Advanced nursing professionals should have extensive systems literacy to know how to negotiate the healthcare system and meet the challenges of modern healthcare while reducing cost and advancing health equity. Systems-based practice involves responding to and leading within complex systems of health care. This requires nurses to effectively and proactively coordinate resources to provide safe, high quality, and equitable care to diverse populations. Health care systems rely on DNP prepared nurses to be responsible for quality improvement and the promotion of optimal health outcomes for patients in our care. Please provide one example of a quality improvement project you would like to implement to improve the quality of care and include your rationale for this project (patient safety, access to healthcare, efficiency of services and care, and/or improved health outcomes). Question 3: The health outcomes of patients, populations, and communities are impacted by local, national, and global structures, systems, and policies. Advanced nursing professionals learn leadership and advocacy skills to foster positive working environments that increase their reach to all these levels. What ideals encourage a positive and healthy workplace? How do you plan to use these ideas for improving health outcomes in your community?

Three letters of recommendation

IELTS/TOEFL