Sample 1st Paragraph, Nursing Informatics Personal Statement

If there was an exact moment when my vague resolve to try to do something about the matter of improving the use of IT in a nursing environment took on solid purpose, it occurred when I saw a highly dedicated nurse colleague struggle to use a piece of software merely because it was so badly designed. Much of my pre-nursing working life was spent in the areas of computing and information technology and so I am especially aware of current problems in this sphere and also the breadth of possibilities for the application of currently available technology to nursing.