Free nursing personal statement example in MS Word format

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My wife, mother, sisters are all nurses. I strongly believe that the passion to care for and help people in time of their need runs in my family. Also, having taken a close relative who had stroke to many hospital appointments and saw how nurses, especially one male nurse attend to, care for and help my relative in time of his need touched me and also melted my heart. I am opportune to have been given the opportunity to work in a surgical ward at Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle where on a daily basis I see world class doctors and nurses help patients.

Seeing these nurses helping patients helped to cement my motive to want to become a nurse. However, I want to study nursing because nursing as a career path will be a challenging experience that will give me the chance to care for, help and support my patients in a holistic way. Also, studying nursing will be a rewarding career for me because I will feel needed and fulfil, when I see that my patients are getting better with my help.I strongly believe that nursing is what I want to do and that studying nursing will provide me with this platform.

To be able to make a positive contribution to people’s lives and be a good nurse, the person need to be selfless, be able to think critically and be competent, be courageous, emotionally stable, empathetic have good communication skills. Also, the person should be able to work well under pressure i.e. the person needs to be able handle and adapt to stress under different environments. The person also needs to be caring, patience, compassionate, committed, have concern for people, good listening and interpersonal skills.

I have been working in the caring sector for approximately seven years. Previously, I worked as a health care assistant under close supervision of a qualified nurse for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and my task included give patients their meal and helping them if they needed any help with their meal, helping them to mobilize if they have any mobility problem, recording and monitoring patients conditions such as respiration, temperature, weight. Currently, I work as a domestic assistant for Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust. During my employment as a health care assistant, I had a great opportunity to work on wards like stroke, ITU, respiratory, geriatric, vascular, cardiology, oncology, elderly care, and surgical wards in the busy and challenging hospital environment where I learned how to communicate effectively with other staff members.

My current, previous work as a health care assistant, volunteering and also my visit to universities open days has reinforced my decision to study a degree in nursing. From my work, I was opportune to learn from different specialists working in the hospital. This has helped me to learn more about how to take responsibility.

I do realize that a good nurse should have theoretical knowledge as well as practical skills. For that reason, I’ve completed a degree in Community Health from the University of Sunderland. During my three years studying Community Health, I was opportune enough to learn the most important health and community issues facing our society today, such as the community perspectives on health and the determinants of health. Nonetheless, having learned modules such as: health promotion, public health and well-being, factors affecting human health, health research method, work-based practice, psychology, sociology, mathematics and English language, has helped me to improve my problem solving and critical thinking skills as well as helping me to apply these skills to everyday situation.

At the moment, I am doing GCSE English language, Mathematics and also working full time. To reduce the stress that studying, working and managing a family brings, I strongly believe that the person must be motivated, know how to manage their time and be able to work well under pressure. This are some of the qualities I have gained from my study skills module at college while studying an access course and working and I strongly believe are vital qualities a good nurse should have.

Outside work commitment, I like to spend some quality time with my family and in the evenings I like to spend my quiet time listening to music or reading books. I enjoy keeping active by playing football with my friends. I also enjoy running and playing snooker.

I am preparing myself for the journey ahead by regular reading of Royal College of Nursing journals and their new publications to enhance my learning and to keep informed in regards to current developments. I do believe I am very capable of achieving my dream of returning to higher education to become a registered nurse and I do realize that the road to becoming a good nurse is a very long one, but I’ve the faith that I have the motivation and commitment to meet these demands.

At the end of my training as a student nurse, I want to work as a stroke nurse and later go on to specialize as a stroke nurse specialist.

Why this example works — strengths and ways to improve

You bring genuinely strong material: seven years in hospital roles, a Community Health degree and a clear stroke-nursing goal. The draft undersells it by listing duties, wards and qualities rather than reflecting on specific moments. A mature applicant with this background could show far more insight into nursing practice, and tighter, more accurate language would strengthen your credibility considerably.

Subject motivation

especially one male nurse attend to, care for and help my relative

This is your most promising motivation, but you stop at feeling touched. What did that nurse actually do, and what did it reveal about nursing? Family nurses and witnessing world class staff are less persuasive than one examined moment linked to your stroke-nursing ambition.

Academic preparation

I’ve completed a degree in Community Health from the University of Sunderland

A relevant degree is real preparation, but the module list does little work. Choose one topic, such as determinants of health, and show how it changed your view of patients on stroke or geriatric wards. Also clarify current GCSE and access course study, which reads confusingly.

Evidence and reflection

I learned how to communicate effectively with other staff members

This is a generic conclusion from extensive experience. Reflection would describe a specific handover, patient or difficulty and what you did differently afterwards. Similarly, learning to take responsibility needs an example. Your experience is rich; the statement rarely explains what it taught you.

Relevant experience

recording and monitoring patients conditions such as respiration, temperature, weight

Healthcare assistant work across many wards is excellent evidence, and your domestic role still gives insight into ward life. Rather than naming nine wards, focus on one or two and explain what observations meant for patient care, or how supervision by a qualified nurse shaped your understanding.

Credibility and voice

the person need to be selfless, be able to think critically

The paragraph listing ideal qualities shifts to an abstract person and reads as a checklist, which weakens your own voice. Repeated phrases like strongly believe and opportune also distract. Your authentic voice appears when you discuss your family, workload and stroke goal; build on that.

Structure and format

I enjoy keeping active by playing football with my friends.

The order wanders: motivation, a qualities list, work, degree, then GCSEs. The hobbies paragraph adds little unless linked to resilience. Grammatical errors such as fulfil, This are and patience as an adjective need careful proofreading, especially for a profession requiring accurate documentation.

What you’ve done well

Seven years of hands-on hospital work, including direct patient observations and mobility support, gives you credible, sustained exposure to nursing.
A clear, specific career aim in stroke nursing connects back to your relative's experience, giving the statement a coherent thread.

How this draft could improve

Replace the qualities list with two concrete patient or ward episodes, explaining what you did, what you noticed and what it taught you about nursing.
Link one Community Health topic directly to a clinical situation you observed, so the degree demonstrates understanding rather than a module list.
Proofread thoroughly and cut repeated phrases like strongly believe and opportune to sharpen your voice.

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