Ever since I could talk, which was too soon if you were to ask my parents, I was always asking “why” and “how” undeniably curious and never doing what was normal. Reasoning, solid logic, and solid evidence was needed to support any claims, “truths,” or odd rules. Obnoxiously high spirited and driven, nobody was about to tell me who I should be or what I should be doing. I realize now I most definitely tested my parents’ nerves and patience on more than several occasions. Of course, I have grown up now and know how to be curious and innovative while still being professional and appropriate. However, I have yet to lose the spirit of that little girl, always hungry to learn more, solve complex problems, break the mold, and change the world. I enjoy working on myself as a person and a professional, striving to continuously improve myself and my nursing practice, stepping up to challenges, seeking out new experiences, and taking on new opportunities that allow me to gain new and unique perspectives. In middle school was when I first realized I truly had a “service” heart, that I hoped to use one day to make a difference, fight for others in need, and instigate large-scale change and innovation. I have always held a deep love for helping, empowering, and caring for others, which is why I pursued the nursing profession. This deep caring of others, passion, and drive have vastly grown and developed, turning me down my current path to becoming a family nurse practitioner. I have cherished every moment of being a nurse and continue to learn and grow still every day in my practice. I truly LOVE being a nurse. Going to work makes me the happiest. I cannot wait to become a primary care provider. I will graduate in January 2024 and then hope to work as an FNP in rural ND or MN. My main goal as a FNP is to provide patient care that is TRULY patient centered, ensuring each patient's needs and preferences are at the center of every healthcare decision and treatment plan. I am furthering my education, so that I may one day be one of the healthcare professionals that empowers patients (and families), allowing them to be the leader(s) of their own healthcare team and make health decisions based on their unique goals, values, lifestyles, beliefs, and needs. I will work hard to be a patient advocate, supporting them so that they can live their best lives by practicing health promotion, disease prevention, and optimal chronic disease management. I plan to impact my community and the patients I care for in many different ways on many different levels. Individually, I hope to improve the health and quality of life of every patient I see in some way, shape, or form. Rural patients, especially rural seniors, are very much disadvantaged and underserved patient populations for a multitude of reasons, but mainly geographical location limits these patients from receiving the most timely, optimal, high quality, and necessary care. Improving and advancing rural healthcare and patients' access to it is so important in order to improve our communities health and overall population health outcomes. Caring for rural populations in need of quality, evidence-based, comprehensive health care is my primary goal as a provider. I intend to be detailed, thorough, and go above and beyond for every patient I encounter. I cannot wait to BE the change I want to see in rural healthcare, making a difference for those that need it most.

I am not in PA school, but I am in NP school... If you cannot consider my application that is perfectly understandable. However, I did have to try, as I work alongside so many talented PAs. We mid-level providers must band together. Ever since I could talk, which was too soon if you were to ask my parents, I was always asking “why” and “how” undeniably curious and never doing what was normal. Reasoning, solid logic, and solid evidence was needed to support any claims, “truths,” or odd rules. Obnoxiously high spirited and driven, nobody was about to tell me who I should be or what I should be doing. I realize now I most definitely tested my parents’ nerves and patience on more than several occasions. Of course, I have grown up now and know how to be curious and innovative while still being professional and appropriate. However, I have yet to lose the spirit of that little girl, always hungry to learn more, solve complex problems, break the mold, and change the world. I enjoy working on myself as a person and a professional, striving to continuously improve myself and my nursing practice, stepping up to challenges, seeking out new experiences, and taking on new opportunities that allow me to gain new and unique perspectives. In middle school was when I first realized I truly had a “service” heart, that I hoped to use one day to make a difference, fight for others in need, and instigate large-scale change and innovation. I have always held a deep love for helping, empowering, and caring for others, which is why I pursued the nursing profession. This deep caring of others, passion, and drive have vastly grown and developed, turning me down my current path to becoming a family nurse practitioner. I have cherished every moment of being a nurse and continue to learn and grow still every day in my practice. I truly LOVE being a nurse. Going to work makes me the happiest. I cannot wait to become a primary care provider. I will graduate in January 2024 and then hope to work as an FNP in rural ND or MN. My main goal as a FNP is to provide patient care that is TRULY patient centered, ensuring each patient's needs and preferences are at the center of every healthcare decision and treatment plan. I am furthering my education, so that I may one day be one of the healthcare professionals that empowers patients (and families), allowing them to be the leader(s) of their own healthcare team and make health decisions based on their unique goals, values, lifestyles, beliefs, and needs. I will work hard to be a patient advocate, supporting them so that they can live their best lives by practicing health promotion, disease prevention, and optimal chronic disease management. I plan to impact my community and the patients I care for in many different ways on many different levels. Individually, I hope to improve the health and quality of life of every patient I see in some way, shape, or form. I cannot wait to BE the change I want to see in rural healthcare, making a difference for those that need it most.

Ever since I could talk, which was too soon if you were to ask my parents, I was always asking “why” and “how” undeniably curious and never doing what was normal. Reasoning, solid logic, and solid evidence was needed to support any claims, “truths,” or odd rules. Obnoxiously high spirited and driven, nobody was about to tell me who I should be or what I should be doing. I realize now I most definitely tested my parents’ nerves and patience on more than several occasions. Of course, I have grown up now and know how to be curious and innovative while still being professional and appropriate. However, I have yet to lose the spirit of that little girl, always hungry to learn more, solve complex problems, break the mold, and change the world. I enjoy working on myself as a person and a professional, striving to continuously improve myself and my nursing practice, stepping up to challenges, seeking out new experiences, and taking on new opportunities that allow me to gain new and unique perspectives. In middle school was when I first realized I truly had a “service” heart, that I hoped to use one day to make a difference, fight for others in need, and instigate large-scale change and innovation. I have always held a deep love for helping, empowering, and caring for others, which is why I pursued the nursing profession. This deep caring of others, passion, and drive have vastly grown and developed, turning me down my current path to becoming a family nurse practitioner. I have cherished every moment of being a nurse and continue to learn and grow still every day in my practice. I truly LOVE being a nurse. Going to work makes me the happiest. I cannot wait to become a primary care provider. I will graduate in January 2024 and then hope to work as an FNP in rural ND or MN. My main goal as a FNP is to provide patient care that is TRULY patient centered, ensuring each patient's needs and preferences are at the center of every healthcare decision and treatment plan. I am furthering my education, so that I may one day be one of the healthcare professionals that empowers patients (and families), allowing them to be the leader(s) of their own healthcare team and make health decisions based on their unique goals, values, lifestyles, beliefs, and needs. I will work hard to be a patient advocate, supporting them so that they can live their best lives by practicing health promotion, disease prevention, and optimal chronic disease management. I plan to impact my community and the patients I care for in many different ways on many different levels. Individually, I hope to improve the health and quality of life of every patient I see in some way, shape, or form. Rural patients, especially rural seniors, are very much disadvantaged and underserved patient populations for a multitude of reasons, but mainly geographical location limits these patients from receiving the most timely, optimal, high quality, and necessary care. Improving and advancing rural healthcare and patients' access to it is so important in order to improve our communities health and overall population health outcomes. Caring for rural populations in need of quality, evidence-based, comprehensive health care is my primary goal as a provider. I intend to be detailed, thorough, and go above and beyond for every patient I encounter. I cannot wait to BE the change I want to see in rural healthcare, making a difference for those that need it most.

Ever since I could talk, which was too soon if you were to ask my parents, I was always asking “why” and “how” undeniably curious and never doing what was normal. Reasoning, solid logic, and solid evidence was needed to support any claims, “truths,” or odd rules. Obnoxiously high spirited and driven, nobody was about to tell me who I should be or what I should be doing. I realize now I most definitely tested my parents’ nerves and patience on more than several occasions. Of course, I have grown up now and know how to be curious and innovative while still being professional and appropriate. However, I have yet to lose the spirit of that little girl, always hungry to learn more, solve complex problems, break the mold, and change the world. I enjoy working on myself as a person and a professional, striving to continuously improve myself and my nursing practice, stepping up to challenges, seeking out new experiences, and taking on new opportunities that allow me to gain new and unique perspectives. In middle school is when I realized that I had a “service” heart that I hoped to use one day to make a difference, fight for others in need, and instigate large-scale change and innovation. I have always held a deep love for helping, empowering, and caring for others, which is why I pursued the nursing profession. I obtained my Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from North Dakota State University (NDSU) in 2018. I have now been a bedside registered nurse (RN) for 3 years, working in rural acute care in labor/delivery, postpartum, pediatrics, medical-surgical, palliative, and infusion therapy. I have loved every moment of being a nurse and continue to learn and grow still every day in my nursing practice. There are shortages of primary care and mental health providers everywhere, but most significantly in rural and underserved areas. I will positively impact this problem by fully catering my practice to serve these populations. Once graduated from the family nurse practitioner program I attend, I plan to serve the most northern and desolate areas of rural North Dakota and Minnesota as a primary care provider with mental health and wellness emphasis. I intend to really focus on those with mental illnesses and work with them on how I can best help and support them so that they can live their best lives. I also look forward to working with those struggling with addiction and/or those with mental/emotional/physical trauma histories needing support and services. Recovery has many different meanings, both denotative and connotative. I feel that the most applicable, real, and true meaning of recovery is "Daily actions and intentions that seek to maintain or improve a persons state of health, mind, body, and wellbeing." I don't think people are truly every fully cured or recovered after suffering addictions that often stem from trauma, mental and/or physical abuse, childhood abuse, significantly terrorizing life experiences, and other negative life events or experiences and mental illness that result from them. It takes daily work, effort, and support to continue "recovering" and ward off daily temptations and negative triggers. Recovery is lifelong and can be positively impacted by supportive, understanding, empathetic healthcare providers that empower patients struggling with current or past addictions and other health-related issues that correspond. My main goal as a primary care family nurse practitioner is to provide patient care that is TRULY patient centered. I am furthering my education, so that I may one day be one of the healthcare professionals that empowers patients and (families), allowing them to be the leader(s) of their own healthcare team and make health decisions based on their unique goals, values, lifestyles, beliefs, and needs. I will work hard to be a patient advocate, supporting them so that they can live their best lives by practicing health promotion, disease prevention, and optimal chronic disease management.

Ever since I could talk, which was too soon if you were to ask my parents, I was always asking “why” and “how” undeniably curious and never doing what was normal. Reasoning, solid logic, and solid evidence was needed to support any claims, “truths,” or odd rules. Obnoxiously high spirited and driven, nobody was about to tell me who I should be or what I should be doing. I realize now I most definitely tested my parents’ nerves and patience on more than several occasions. Of course, I have grown up now and know how to be curious and innovative while still being professional and appropriate. However, I have yet to lose the spirit of that little girl, always hungry to learn more, solve complex problems, break the mold, and change the world. I enjoy working on myself as a person and a professional, striving to continuously improve myself and my nursing practice, stepping up to challenges, seeking out new experiences, and taking on new opportunities that allow me to gain new and unique perspectives. In middle school is when I realized that I had a “service” heart that I hoped to use one day to make a difference, fight for others in need, and instigate large-scale change and innovation. I have always held a deep love for helping, empowering, and caring for others, which is why I pursued the nursing profession. I obtained my Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from North Dakota State University (NDSU) in 2018. I have now been a bedside registered nurse (RN) for 3 years, working in rural acute care in labor/delivery, postpartum, pediatrics, medical-surgical, palliative, and infusion therapy. I have loved every moment of being a nurse and continue to learn and grow still every day in my nursing practice. There are shortages of primary care and mental health providers everywhere, but most significantly in rural and underserved areas. I will positively impact this problem by fully catering my practice to serve these populations. Once graduated from the family nurse practitioner program I attend, I plan to serve the most northern and desolate areas of rural North Dakota and Minnesota as a primary care provider with mental health and wellness emphasis.My main goal as a primary care family nurse practitioner is to provide patient care that is TRULY patient centered. I am furthering my education, so that I may one day be one of the healthcare professionals that empowers patients and (families), allowing them to be the leader(s) of their own healthcare team and make health decisions based on their unique goals, values, lifestyles, beliefs, and needs. I will work hard to be a patient advocate, supporting them so that they can live their best lives by practicing health promotion, disease prevention, and optimal chronic disease management.

Ever since I could talk, which was too soon if you were to ask my parents, I was always asking “why” and “how” undeniably curious and never doing what was normal. Reasoning, solid logic, and solid evidence was needed to support any claims, “truths,” or odd rules. Obnoxiously high spirited and driven, nobody was about to tell me who I should be or what I should be doing. I realize now I most definitely tested my parents’ nerves and patience on more than several occasions. Of course, I have grown up now and know how to be curious and innovative while still being professional and appropriate. However, I have yet to lose the spirit of that little girl, always hungry to learn more, solve complex problems, break the mold, and change the world. There are shortages of primary care and mental health providers everywhere, but most significantly in rural and underserved areas. I will positively impact this problem by fully catering my practice to serve these populations. Once graduated from the family nurse practitioner program I attend, I plan to serve the most northern and desolate areas of rural North Dakota and Minnesota as a primary care provider with mental health and wellness emphasis.My main goal as a primary care family nurse practitioner is to provide patient care that is TRULY patient centered. I am furthering my education, so that I may one day be one of the healthcare professionals that empowers patients and (families), allowing them to be the leader(s) of their own healthcare team and make health decisions based on their unique goals, values, lifestyles, beliefs, and needs. I will work hard to be a patient advocate, supporting them so that they can live their best lives by practicing health promotion, disease prevention, and optimal chronic disease management.

Ever since I could talk, which was too soon if you were to ask my parents, I was always asking “why” and “how” undeniably curious and never doing what was normal. Reasoning, solid logic, and solid evidence was needed to support any claims, “truths,” or odd rules. Obnoxiously high spirited and driven, nobody was about to tell me who I should be or what I should be doing. I realize now I most definitely tested my parents’ nerves and patience on more than several occasions. Of course, I have grown up now and know how to be curious and innovative while still being professional and appropriate. However, I have yet to lose the spirit of that little girl, always hungry to learn more, solve complex problems, break the mold, and change the world. I enjoy working on myself as a person and a professional, striving to continuously improve myself and my nursing practice, stepping up to challenges, seeking out new experiences, and taking on new opportunities that allow me to gain new and unique perspectives. In middle school is when I realized that I had a “service” heart that I hoped to use one day to make a difference, fight for others in need, and instigate large-scale change and innovation. I have always held a deep love for helping, empowering, and caring for others, which is why I pursued the nursing profession. I obtained my Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from North Dakota State University (NDSU) in 2018. I have now been a bedside registered nurse (RN) for 3 years, working in rural acute care in labor/delivery, postpartum, pediatrics, medical-surgical, palliative, and infusion therapy. I have loved every moment of being a nurse and continue to learn and grow still every day in my nursing practice. I truly want to be the best nurse practitioner I can be providing quality, empathetic, individualized, and holistic care by practicing professional, unbiased medicine and driven to BE the change I want to see in health care. My main goal as a primary care family nurse practitioner is to provide patient care that is TRULY patient centered. I am furthering my education, so that I may one day be one of the healthcare professionals that empowers patients and (families), allowing them to be the leader(s) of their own healthcare team and make health decisions based on their unique goals, values, lifestyles, beliefs, and needs. I will work hard to be a patient advocate, supporting them so that they can live their best lives by practicing health promotion, disease prevention, and optimal chronic disease management. My 2–3-year goal is to be practicing as a FNP in the rural Midwest United States. All the difference that Margaret Fitzgerald has made within the nursing profession itself and as a nurse and advanced nursing provider has inspired me the most an aspiring female leader and patient advocate. I plan to work towards improving healthcare systems in rural areas working at the individual level by providing patient-centered care that is holistic and inclusive of all professionals, community resources, and patient services to optimize care. I plan to improve care at the organizational level by being actively involved in policy and procedure changes and initiating quality improvement projects within my own practice and throughout the facility to incorporate the best evidence into practice. I also fully intend to advocate for my patients and their health and healthcare rights in legislation and through healthcare policies and law by being actively involved in policy and law development, hearings, and advocacy.

Ever since I could talk, which was too soon if you were to ask my parents, I was always asking “why” and “how” undeniably curious and never doing what was normal. Reasoning, solid logic, and solid evidence was needed to support any claims, “truths,” or odd rules. Obnoxiously high spirited and driven, nobody was about to tell me who I should be or what I should be doing. I realize now I most definitely tested my parents’ nerves and patience on more than several occasions. Of course, I have grown up now and know how to be curious and innovative while still being professional and appropriate. However, I have yet to lose the spirit of that little girl, always hungry to learn more, solve complex problems, break the mold, and change the world. I enjoy working on myself as a person and a professional, striving to continuously improve myself and my nursing practice, stepping up to challenges, seeking out new experiences, and taking on new opportunities that allow me to gain new and unique perspectives. In middle school is when I realized that I had a “service” heart that I hoped to use one day to make a difference, fight for others in need, and instigate large-scale change and innovation. I have always held a deep love for helping, empowering, and caring for others, which is why I pursued the nursing profession. I obtained my Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from North Dakota State University (NDSU) in 2018. I have now been a bedside registered nurse (RN) for 3 years, working in rural acute care in labor/delivery, postpartum, pediatrics, medical-surgical, palliative, and infusion therapy. I have loved every moment of being a nurse and continue to learn and grow still every day in my nursing practice. My main goal as a primary care family nurse practitioner is to provide patient care that is TRULY patient centered. I am furthering my education, so that I may one day be one of the healthcare professionals that empowers patients and (families), allowing them to be the leader(s) of their own healthcare team and make health decisions based on their unique goals, values, lifestyles, beliefs, and needs. I will work hard to be a patient advocate, supporting them so that they can live their best lives by practicing health promotion, disease prevention, and optimal chronic disease management. My 2–3-year goal is to be practicing as a FNP in the rural Midwest United States. I am passionate about rural medicine and know that hard work and dedication will be necessary to improve rural healthcare outcomes, integrate evidence-based cares, drive quality improvement initiatives, and reduce the barriers to accessing services.

Recovery has many different meanings, both denotative and connotative. I feel that the most applicable, real, and true meaning of recovery is "Daily actions and intentions that seek to maintain or improve a persons state of health, mind, body, and wellbeing." I don't think people are truly every fully cured or recovered after suffering addictions that often stem from trauma, mental and/or physical abuse, childhood abuse, significantly terrorizing life experiences, and other negative life events or experiences and mental illness that result from them. It takes daily work, effort, and support to continue "recovering" and ward off daily temptations and negative triggers. Recovery is lifelong and can be positively impacted by supportive, understanding, empathetic healthcare providers that empower patients struggling with current or past addictions and other health-related issues that correspond. My main goal as a primary care family nurse practitioner is to provide patient care that is TRULY patient centered. I am furthering my education, so that I may one day be one of the healthcare professionals that empowers patients and (families), allowing them to be the leader(s) of their own healthcare team and make health decisions based on their unique goals, values, lifestyles, beliefs, and needs. I will work hard to be a patient advocate, supporting them so that they can live their best lives by practicing health promotion, disease prevention, and optimal chronic disease management. My 2–3-year goal is to be practicing as a FNP in the rural Midwest United States.

Ever since I could talk, which was too soon if you were to ask my parents, I was always asking “why” and “how” undeniably curious and never doing what was normal. Reasoning, solid logic, and solid evidence was needed to support any claims, “truths,” or odd rules. Obnoxiously high spirited and driven, nobody was about to tell me who I should be or what I should be doing. I realize now I most definitely tested my parents’ nerves and patience on more than several occasions. Of course, I have grown up now and know how to be curious and innovative while still being professional and appropriate. However, I have yet to lose the spirit of that little girl, always hungry to learn more, solve complex problems, break the mold, and change the world. I enjoy working on myself as a person and a professional, striving to continuously improve myself and my nursing practice, stepping up to challenges, seeking out new experiences, and taking on new opportunities that allow me to gain new and unique perspectives. In middle school is when I realized that I had a “service” heart that I hoped to use one day to make a difference, fight for others in need, and instigate large-scale change and innovation. I have always held a deep love for helping, empowering, and caring for others, which is why I pursued the nursing profession. I obtained my Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from North Dakota State University (NDSU) in 2018. I have now been a bedside registered nurse (RN) for 3 years, working in rural acute care in labor/delivery, postpartum, pediatrics, medical-surgical, palliative, and infusion therapy. I have loved every moment of being a nurse and continue to learn and grow still every day in my nursing practice. I am currently working towards obtaining my MSN-FNP degree to become a family nurse practitioner. My main goal as a primary care family nurse practitioner is to provide patient care that is TRULY patient centered. I am furthering my education, so that I may one day be one of the healthcare professionals that empowers patients and (families), allowing them to be the leader(s) of their own healthcare team and make health decisions based on their unique goals, values, lifestyles, beliefs, and needs. I will work hard to be a patient advocate, supporting them so that they can live their best lives by practicing health promotion, disease prevention, and optimal chronic disease management. In 2-3 years, my goal is to be practicing as a FNP in the rural Midwest United States. I am passionate about rural medicine and know that hard work and dedication will be necessary practicing rurally. I am not currently working as I fully intend to give my education 100% of my time and energy. I would use this scholarship to pay for my education and loving expenses during this program.