Accomplishment: How Prosser Career Center Changed My Life

At 17 years old, I had the grueling task of deciding how I wanted to spend 40 plus years of my life. I always aspired to land a career in the medical field, so I majored in biology like most pre-med hopefuls, but during my junior year, I no longer desired to become a physician. The medical field was calling out to me, but the specialty of focus was incorrect. After graduation, I went back to the basics and put my nursing assistant certification to use.

What do you want to be? A question we are asked from kindergarten on up. For some people, the answer lies with them there whole life until they are able to pursue that dream. Others aren't able to choose what they want to be or do until the day comes to make the decision comes. As for me I made my career chose my sophomore year of high school. Although I didn't choose just one possible candidate I have boiled it down to two careers. The first being a Chiropractor and the second being a Physical Therapist.

Around elementary and middle school, I didn’t know much of what career path I would choose since everyone I knew in my classes had their lives all planned out. I would panic when people asked “what are you going to be after your out of school?” and I didn’t know what to say so I just told them that I would be a correction officer like my dad. In the beginning I forced that thought into my head, but at the same time I knew it wasn’t something I always wanted to be. So my search of my future career was now back into my first priorities.

Joining sides with the nurse, my family drilled the idea of nursing into my brain. Nursing and forfeiting my plan seemed to become a necessity for a successful life. After hearing people tell me what I should do, I eventually started to agree with them. The actions of my family along with the way it affected me could compare to when someone tells a lie enough times, they'll believe it to be true. I never believed I wanted to be something more than I did at that

I have always wanted to be a nurse: I do not think there is any task that is as satisfying as treating a patient physically, psychologically, emotionally and spiritually. I first pursued my LPN, and immediately I knew I had chosen the right career path. Every day, no matter how tired and weary I felt at the end of the day, I was invigorated by the sense that I had made a positive change in the lives of my patients. To build upon my capabilities to help others, I then pursued my RN. I am currently in an RN-BSN program and hope to begin a graduate program subsequently to become a family nurse practitioner.

I was indecisive of my future career path. My mom would tell me the classic “You should be a lawyer” or “You should be a doctor.” I would go along with her idea for a couple weeks until I jumped off the bandwagon. I wasn’t passionate about either of those fields; I was interested in both math and science and as a young girl. As I got older, I became invested in technology due to my love of gaming, but I didn’t know that people devote their lives to technology until I interned.

As seniors in high-school we are always asked about what career we want to pursuit,and where we want to take our lives. I began thinking about what I like and what subjects I was good at. I found out I loved math and science and was good at them too. Then I knew that the health field was really for me. I began searching for ways for me to see if I really liked it, so I applied to go to scrubs health camp at Augsburg college near my house. I really liked it and saw that my love for kids had me leaning to becoming a pediatrician. I had my doubts on that also because of the number of years of schooling, and one day I stumbled upon a pediatric nurse practitioner occupation and began reading about it. I loved it so much that

Until I started high school, I had no idea what major I wanted to pursue in college. After all, there are so many options, and even though some people know what they want to do from the time they are in elementary school, that was not my experience. Although I always had some ideas before entering ninth grade, I was still waiting to find something I really loved. During my freshman year, I finally found that thing-- biology.

The feeling of accomplishment when finding out what you really want to do in life is like the feeling of getting a new car, you can do so much with it because it's your car, it's your life. In August 2014, I was sixteen years old when Prosser career center changed my life drastically. By attending Prosser it opened my eyes into the future, I finally chose what I want to do most for the rest of my life.

During my first semester of college is when my idea of my ideal career changed. College is such an eye awakening experience. I learned more about myself and who I am then I could ever even have hoped to. I learned that a huge passion of mine was helping peo0ple, I got a genuine joy out of making people happy and making people feel better. After constant conversations with my parents we all concluded that maybe my major of business was not suited for me like we all had imagined and maybe possible career in the medical field would be better suited for me, which is why I decided to branch away from my major and research a more medical profession in this project. A nurse.

I found out that I want to be a RN ( Registered Nurse), it has always been in my mind to become and study for a Registered Nurse. For example, I have been really interested in being able to help others by doing what I like and also I know that by every little effort I can save a life. Having an opportunity to help others has always made me happy even if I am not appreciated.

Picking a career is a big decision, and for most people it changes many times before one actually sticks. It was no different for me. When I was younger, I loved animals and therefore was determined for a while that I should be a veterinarian. That only stuck for a few years before I moved on from my animal phase and decided I wanted to be a pharmacist. Once again, after a few years I realised that the job really did not fit me all that well, and I better find something new.

Many kids grow up wanting to be doctors, lawyers, or astronauts. I was one of those many who wanted to be a doctor and save lives every time I walked into the hospital. Having this mindset throughout my childhood, and even a semester in college, I soon learned in college that maybe the traditional MD doctor route was not for me. The realization that I would have to stay in school for close to, or more than, 8 consecutive years before I could make money, provide for myself, or help others, medically, worried me. I was never truly thinking about my future until college and that is why I was worried, I had no clue if I could even make it 8+ years, financially or mentally. So, my thoughts quickly transitioned to nursing because I would be able to get out of school with a BSN and start working. Then, I can

I was always undecided regarding the career that I wanted to pursue. As I got older and looked at many choices in careers I realized that I wanted to have a career in the medical field. Being a nurse interests me because it requires the study of the human body along with other great opportunities that nurses have in this career. I want to become a nurse because I like being able to help those who are in need.

Some people “inherit” a career. Some go to school and later decide on one. As for me, I always knew that I wanted to become a nurse. It brings me great joy seeing others smile, and being able to help them. Since I was younger, I was always the “go to” person when it came to helping. Whether it be household chores, homework or projects, coaching tee-ball, or mentoring at the girls and boys club. My “calling” so to speak, appeared when I had the opportunity to join the Air Force at the age of 17. I was put on the delayed entry program for a year after taking the ASVAB test. After being on active duty for 2 years, I got deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan. This was my second tour, and it was then that I got my first taste of an actual Emergency operating room. I was able to scrub in on a few surgeries, and instantly fell in love with the thought of becoming a nurse in the ER. Careers today have evolved tremendously. Personality plays a vital role in the supplier/ consumer relationship. With my helpful background, I feel as though nursing is the right career path for me.