TONL General Scholarship: Congratulations to Jessica Wolff!

The American Nurses Association (2019) has estimated an alarming and ever rising number of seasoned nurses leaving the work force within the next three years, calling for organizations to reface and reframe their retention and recruitment strategies to prevent turnover and vacancies. I myself, as a nurse leader, am faced with this alarming fact, not just a statistic, the challenge very palpable, in my current workforce, it is essential that I take the opportunity to assist in developing strategies and innovative means of combatting staffing issues that keep most nursing leaders awake at night.

In my academic endeavors of pursuing my Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) I feel that I have gained knowledge and thru shared educational endowments have catapulted the manner in which I integrate scientific knowledge from nursing and other disciplines for further development, evaluation, and the delivery approach of care. Continued academic growth has offered me invaluable leadership knowledge and skill that has been gained through the collaboration of interdisciplinary teams, and development of a worthy scholarly project and DNP curriculum. I hope to make positive and meaningful impression impacting nursing engagement, meaningful work, and ultimately increasing patient satisfaction coupled by improved empirical patient outcomes in the organization and community in which I serve.

Personal achievement of the DNP signifies another hallmark moment, but yet another stepping stone in validating the importance of advocating for professional nursing practice, transdisciplinary collaboration, and modern reform of healthcare in every respect. Role modeling the way, practicing professional humility and integrity, and achievement of the DNP, will build upon the foundation and platform that has been laid before me to further include myself in an ever-growing commitment to proving the value of NURSING!