 The BSN to DNP program is a program at Purdue that we have for graduate nurses that have a bachelor's degree in nursing and they can get an advanced practice degree. Nurses who have a master's degree may either be advanced practice nurses or they may be nurses that have a master's degree in nursing administration. So the BSN to DNP student could be someone who is a brand-new graduate with a bachelor's degree in nursing or it could be an experienced nurse with a bachelor's degree in nursing. I chose Purdue's DNP program because I feel like there's a prestige that comes with Purdue and the education that you get from here is very sound. It's a high quality education. It's something that you have to work hard to get and then makes you very proud to have it. The hybrid program includes both online classes as well as in-person classes so that's one of the great things about the DNP program how they've designed it to make it more flexible for you to not only work on the side but to also take care of a family if you have one. DNP graduates work in a variety of healthcare environments and some have been in these environments for over the many years that the DNP has been in place and new graduates are carving new places where they can work so it can be either in direct practice, it can be an administration, just a variety of roles. The quality of Purdue's faculty is amazing. They have really held my hand throughout the process. I was initially very nervous about coming in and trying to obtain my doctorate especially among faculty who have their PhDs and DNPs and have done amazing work, lots of publications so it was a little intimidating but they ensured me that that was not the case and worked with me one-on-one making sure that each step of my process was laid out and that my goals could be achieved. I was able to take the information I was learning at school in this DNP program and apply it to my work which made it so much easier and so much more meaningful for me. I feel like it's allowed me to grow so much professionally as an educator and allowed the opportunity to touch more people and help them and developing themselves into nurses.