A Life Changing Story

I want to become a nurse for a multitude of reasons but the main reason is because I want to impact peoples lives. Once I started taking prerequisites and nursing classes I decided to apply for a job as as Nursing Assistant at my local hospital.My job has offered me unique opportunities to interact with patients and provided opportunities that have humbled me beyond words. On one occasion I had a patient who was terminally ill and was not given much longer to live. The first day I walked into the patients room and he had nothing to say but awful and hateful things and asked me to leave. This same occurrence happened the day after that. Feeling discouraged again, I left the room. I thought to myself, “Why even try anymore.” It didn't hit me until later that afternoon that this poor man must be absolutely angry and terrified that his fate is inevitable. On the third day I entered the mans room as if I had already been defeated, and it was if the patient in that bed was a new man. He was smiling, he was talkative, and he was optimistic. I spent most of my morning bathing him and

I’ve always known I wanted to help people, but I didn’t know exactly how I was going to do it. My sister has influenced me to pursue a career in the healthcare. At the young age of 20, my sister was told that she was in stage 3 renal failure. At the time I was only 16 years old and still trying to figure out what I wanted to do for the rest of my life, getting news like that was difficult to absorb. The constant doctor visits made me realize a health profession is what I was going to do. The incredible doctors and nurses who have been a part of my family’s journey have left a huge impact on me. The compassion, drive, and dedication to not only their work but to their patients have woken

I grew up dreaming and admiring the work of Florence Nightingale, Mother Teresa, and my aunt who is a Gynecologist Specialist while providing utmost care and assistance to sick family members who were in pain, especially my grandparents, my three months premature daughter, and my mother-in-law who fought with cancer for 15 years. Throughout my school years, I worked hard towards my dream, however, when in college I met my husband, was married and moved to Kansas. It was not until, after fourteen years of marriage that I started working as a Pharmacy technician and acquiring my CNA certificate that I felt as if God has chosen me for this purpose and I decided to acquire BSN degree. Since CVS was a neighboring store, I met people with various illnesses, started seeing them on a routine basis, and tried my unsurpassed in providing them with comfort, assistance, and support, while using empathy and tolerance in satisfying their needs. Most of all, I started

“I want to slow down and enjoy the little things in life that she never appreciated.” she told me. She wants to worry less about what she can’t control and just enjoy what life has to offer. This is a good lesson for everyone. Somethings can be overlooked because they are small but it doesn't mean they are less important. It has also changed her a person. While she was in and out of the hospital she got see how hard working and caring the people working the medical industry were. “Everybody in the hospital were so great and would go out of there way to help me. It was really amazing.” If possible, she wants to get involved in the medical industry because of how great they were to her.

When I first began my college career in 2011, I was a first generation college student. I entered into college with only a vague goal of becoming a Physician’s Assistant. The most common question I was asked was why? Why a Physicians Assistant? And I my answer was always the simple standard answer of: “I want to help people”. I, undeniably, still want to help others but it was not until the Christmas of my sophomore year, that I truly understood what it meant and took to be a successful Physician’s Assistant. A few days after Christmas my mother was hospitalized for two and a half weeks with a continuous blood clot in her leg and a small blood clot in her lungs. She spent the first 3 days in ICU, required multiple blood and iron transfusions, and eventually surgery. For me, the worst part of the entire experience was being awakened in the middle of the night by nothing more than the faint whisper of my name. Till this day, I don’t know how I heard it. My mom had collapsed on the stairs in excruciating pain. She was extremely weak and unable to move. I thought I was watching my mother die, and the immediate fear and panic that I felt, still haunts me sometimes. I didn’t know what to do or what was

As a child, my parents had always pushed me to reach for my goals and go to school. My mom always made me promise to her, she didn’t care if I got married or had kids, but that I received a degree. And that’s exactly what I did. During my high school years, I dabbled with different subjects to figure out what I would enjoy doing the most as I got older. I believe happiness overcomes money. I would rather be happy than make a million dollars every year. So I sought to find a career that would make me happy. I landed on the medical field. Seeing people in misery shatters me, therefore I chose a career that would help me try and make a difference. I also chose this field to help my mother and provide her with the care she needs. My mom was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2008. After seeing this disease have negative tolls in her life, I promised myself I would always be there to help her in whatever way I can. My mother has always guided me and supported me through all my ups and downs in life, and without her I wouldn’t be up here right

I gave everything that if care and love alone could save life, my aunty would still be alive today. Spending time with my aunty at the hospital bed motivated me to seek for a professional career in healthcare and be part of the amazing team of Doctors, Nurses and other medical staff in their quest to saving lives. The death of my aunty made me resolve not just to be a casual fellow sympathetic to the health challenges of people but to acquire the requisite profession skills needed to save lives. Over the years, I have gained an in-depth knowledge

I was covered in blood from head to toe. As I started cleaning myself up I was thinking back to the events that occurred that day. I couldn’t help but to keep focusing on the child that died. I knew that there was nothing that I could have done for that kid but it still bothered me. For some reason a part of me kept thinking that there was something that could have been done. If I wasn’t just a medic, if I was something more than a medic, then I could have done something more for him. As I wiped away the tears that were running down my face I vowed to myself to become the best that I could be. I vowed to work as hard as I could to become a doctor so that I could do as much good as I could do in the field of

To say that this incident was the defining moment as to why I chose medicine would be an exaggeration, but it had undoubtedly been an affirmation of my decision. To embark on a career in Medicine was not an easy decision, and it was certainly not something that I had aspired to be from a young age. In fact, it took nearly half a decade of careful consideration and exploration before I reached this conclusion. My motivation to become a doctor stems not only from my love for science, but also from the special connection that is established between a patient and a doctor during diagnosis and consultation. The opportunity for devoting a lifetime to alleviating illnesses stands as my inspiration. I believe that there is no other profession that can be compared to one which utilizes one’s acquired abilities to bring about a more immediate impact on someone’s life, just as this experience had

I can’t help but think on the definition of success by Maya Angelou, for her “success is liking yourself, liking what you do and liking how you do it”. I would like to encourage everyone here to continue to be trailblazers and overcomers in spite of the challenges that may come. You may encounter many defeats but you must not remain defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter those defeats so that you know who you are, how you can

She could not communicate with the doctor or nurses that were with her in the surgery room because of the language barrier. Then it hit me, I realized that nursing would be the perfect fit for me. It was not just about helping people, but being able to assist patients with more than just hospital needs, but their emotional and physical needs through interactions and gestures. Patients are human beings too and being in hospital settings they would feel lonely and scare, so they do not need robotic nurses. Patients need friends that could help and relate to them. What really pushed me toward a graduate study to become a nurse is the multiple skills and knowledge I could gain to tend to even more needs of the patients. I do not just want to help on the surface level, but I want to help the internal level too. I am striving to become a nurse practitioner and reason being is that I want to have the authority to diagnose and prescribe medications to my patients. I am motivated to achieve this career because I know I am not only continuously expanding my knowledge, but I could use the knowledge I would acquire and gain to provide better health care to patients. An undergraduate degree in nursing is great, but there are also a few limitations to what they can do

Without the kind help of her nurses and other medical professionals, it would have been a much more sorrowful experience. This interaction made me want to become a nurse and create a positive and warmhearted environment to patients in need of support.

I wanted to help but, I felt like my hands were tied; all I could do was stand in that small room feeling anxious and traumatized. And it was after the incident that I began to take seriously the possibility of pursuing a career in medicine. A few years later, I moved to the United States and started high school. During the junior year of my high school, I applied to peer education program. My interest in medical field sparked even more as I learned more about reproductive health. Through the peer education program, I was given an internship opportunity at New York Presbyterian Allen Pavilion. I rotated through the different departments and worked with people from a various medical background. The very first department I visited was labor and delivery. I was fortunate enough to see a vaginal delivery. As I witnessed the birth, I began to compare my current experience with the experience I had as a seven-year-old. The woman on delivery was in pain yet, she had a peaceful face. When the crowning was happening, the father's face lightened up with happiness. The baby was still a part of the mother's body until a nurse cut the umbilical

The voice in my head, normally so calm and controlled, was screaming at me to run. That was exactly what was going through my five year old mind when I walked around the hallway corner to see my mother being beat to her death by my biological father, Brax Magnus. As I tried so hard to stay and defend my mom, I could not help but panic and so I ran. I ran so far until I seen a small gas station. I went inside to find a phone, but realized I did not know who to call. The cashier, seeing that I was crying and looked panic, walked over to me.

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