Letter of Intent This brief document serves as my letter of intent to apply to your prestigious doctoral program. The important and necessary items that will be covered in this document include my motivations for earning a doctoral degree, what I envision doing differently when my degree is complete, the topic or topics that I have on my mind when it comes to my Direct Practice Improvement project and where I plan to do most of my practice hours. While there are a few places that I could go for my doctoral program, your university is the one that clearly stands out above the rest.

When it comes to why I am getting my doctoral degree, I happen to know that many to most people really do not need a doctoral degree to advance within their field or so their job. However, there are certain positions in certain fields that require or at least encourage people to get a doctorate. For the most part, those positions are academic and high-end leadership in nature. I might do the former when I move forward in my career and my life but I know I wish to achieve the highest echelons of nursing leadership and I know a doctorate from a prestigious and well-run school will...

I am not naive enough to think that the doctorate will just open a lot of doors for me. I know I will still have to learn, grow, expand and develop independent and beyond what a doctorate degree from your university would do for me. Even so, a solid foundation of education, best practices and habits will get me on the right path a lot quicker and there are some qualification sand experiences, such as a doctorate, that very few people attain and use. In short, it is not a fix-all or something that will just get me where I want to be overnight. However, a doctorate would be a huge part of helping me along the way and gets me started on the right foot.
A lot of what I would do differently after I complete my doctorate is already known and apparent to me. Indeed, I know enough to know about many best practices, the use of evidence-based practice, proper academic research, the important duality of validity and reliability and so forth. However, I also know that a doctorate would help me perfect…