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Becoming A Nurse Essay

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There are a few events in my life that have influenced me to become a nurse, but just one that has given me the calling to further my degree. As first an LPN or Licensed Practical Nurse then as an RN or Registered Nurse, I have overcome a seemingly insurmountable obstacle in the path of obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree in the field of Nursing. Less than six weeks after taking the State Board Exam to complete my LPN Certificate, I gave birth to my second daughter Layla. She and I both developed infections as a result of an extended labor process. I went home after three days in the hospital; Layla spent a week in the NICU. During that time my husband and I took turns staying with our baby girl from very early in the morning to very late at night. …show more content…

We had a three-year-old daughter, Sophia, at home to care for as well. Three days into Layla’s stay in the NICU, I developed what the nurses thought was mastitis, which results from an engorgement in the breast tissue that produces milk. The nurse sent me directly to see my doctor for treatment. After a few more days, Layla came home healthy and happy, but bottle-fed, as I was unable to continue to produce milk while being treated for mastitis with antibiotics. After the ten-day course of antibiotics was completed and the mastitis remained unresolved, the OBGYN referred me back to my primary care doctor. Dr. Jacobi was immediately concerned, and started a fourteen-day course of antibiotics, which did not work either. By this time, it is mid-October and Dr. Jacobi admitted to being dumbfounded by my symptoms. He referred me to a breast specialist, Dr. Smith. My visit with Dr. Smith leads to an eventual diagnosis of highly aggressive breast cancer. Since I had passed my LPN boards, I was working as a graveyard shift charge nurse in a nursing home. That grueling schedule allowed me to be with my three month old and my three year old during the day while my husband

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