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Apply to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program
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Apply to the RN to BSN program
Current RNs can earn a BSN degree in our 2-year, part-time program. Apply by March 10.
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Apply to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program as an internal UVA transfer
Click here if you're a current UVA student from another major (please complete the Intra-University Transfer Application)

Graduate

Application Essay Questions

Q1.

We live in a diverse society and must be prepared to care for patients and their families across a wide range of backgrounds and identities. Describe a situation in which you were faced with caring for a patient from a background that was both different from yours and unfamiliar to you.

 

Probes:

What was your initial perception of the sociocultural factors affecting the situation?

What resources did you draw upon to enhance your effectiveness?

What were your challenges and how did you overcome them?

 

Q2.

Resilience is a predictor of graduate student success, tell us about how you developed your own sense of resilience by sharing an incident, or experience in your life that fostered your growth.

 

Probes:

In thinking about your own personal experience or incident, reflect on how you developed those resilience factors leading to your growth.

How did you know you needed to be resilient?

How did you demonstrate resilience?

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Apply to the MSN, DNP, or a certificate program
Click here to begin your graduate application or to log in and continue working on your application.
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Apply to the Clinical Nurse Leader program.
Click here to begin your graduate application or to log in and continue working on your application for our #1-in-the-nation CNL program.
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Apply to the PhD in Nursing program
Note: please select "Graduate School of Arts and Sciences" for the application type.

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Applicants to the graduate programs who believe they may qualify for an application fee waiver should review the application fee waiver information.

Application Deadlines

  • Undergraduate
    • BSN: November 1 (Early Action deadline) or January 1 (Regular Decision deadline)
    • RN to BSN and undergraduate transfer: March 1
  • Graduate
    • CNL master’s entry to nursing: October 1
    • MSN (except CNL master’s entry), post-master’s certificate, and DNP: December 1
    • PhD in Nursing: December 15

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