Who should I ask to write a letter of support? What information should they include?
You should request letters of support from people who are familiar with your work and the impact it has had on nursing education. Letters of support can come from your administrator (dean, department chair), the chair of a national committee on which you served who can discuss the impact of your contributions to the work of that group, a member of a community or professional nursing organization who can describe how your work contributed to the organization, or a colleague who uses the results of your work. Each letter should speak to a different aspect of your work so that when the two reference letters are reviewed in conjunction with your own statements, a clear picture is presented of the extent and significance of your contributions. When all references speak to the same points or do little more than list things already in your CV, a less-than-complete picture is presented. It is helpful to send your own four-part statement and your CV to each person from whom you are requesting a
