Applying for the Doctor of Nursing Practice, Family Nurse Practitioner program at
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
In essay form, address the following (within 750-1 ,000 words):
1. In your own words, please describe your vision of the role of the FNP in a primary
healthcare setting.
2. Describe a time when you had to approach another health care professional in
regard to a sensitive/difficult issue. What was your approach and what was the
outcome?
3. Describe how you have prepared to be successful in the graduate student role,
including preparations you have made for access to preceptors/clinical sites.
4. Discuss your professional goals upon graduation
Critical Analysis Question
In essay form address the following (within 500-600 words):
Opioid dependence and addiction has become a national issue. As a future FNP-DNP
please give us your analysis of this situation, including why you think this has become
such a problem, what you think needs to be done, and what you can do to directly
influence change?