My Life At The Nursing

I had to tell him about the baby. I just had to. “Son, don’t you know your wife is expecting another baby? That’s what she wanted to talk to you about(38).” I don’t know if I should have told him. Would Ruth be mad? She would have told him about the baby if she wanted him to know. The way he is sitting in that chair makes him look so shocked. “I think Ruth is thinking 'bout getting rid of that child(38).”

When Ruth was growing up, she was given twisted views on what family was supposed to be like, but she still stayed loyal to her family. Ruth talks about her high school graduation, “ I told her, “Frances, I’m not sure I can go into that church.” She said, “ I understand, Ruth. I’ll graduate by myself, then, because I don’t want to graduate next to anyone but you.” Well, I felt like I couldn’t let that happen, so I said, “ I can go it, let’s go.” We took a picture in our caps and gowns and got in line, double file, and marched together. The line marched out of Suffolk High’s schoolyard and onto Main Street and

What has surprised you? I think the most surprising thing about my nursing school journey has been how much I have grown and changed as a person in the past two years. I have become a much more assertive and direct person. I have a greater appreciation for the monotonous moments in my life and have learned how to not over think things and just to appreciate every moment and day for itself. Part of this group come about from clinical and part of it developed through my work experience as a nurse tech in the Emergency Department at Seattle Children’s Hospital. I personally have grown and learned a lot from the kids that I have worked with and its taught me the importance of slowing down and living in the moment. It’s also taught me that happiness is something that only you can determine. I feel that throughout all my clincials I have learned important life lessons from the people from every age and stage of life. All of these lessons have helped to shape me into a more compassionate, understanding, and better therapeutic communicator with my patients and have shaped my personal nursing practice.

Page 28-Ruth’s father hasn’t spoken with any d=family members in six years since he has been gone.

“You’re insatiable and I’m hungry,” she remarked while jumping out of bed before Ray had time to grab her. Heading for the bathroom, she turned her head to see him drop back down on the pillows putting his hands behind his head with a satisfied smile.

Have you ever had a moment in life that validated the direction in which you felt compelled to follow? A moment which never escapes your mind because it represents one of the purest, symbolic instances you have experienced? Or a moment as simple as being handed a book to encourage you to further your dream? A time to inspire you to succeed in becoming something even more significant than you already are? Or had a moment offering you the opportunity to enhance your knowledge, and thrust yourself into the world you so deeply want to be a part of? I was handed the Merck Manual along with a kind gesture and warm-hearted encouragement which aided in igniting a fire, reaffirming what I felt I was meant to do; it was a defining moment in my life.

Tommy is seen as slow, therefor when he questions Ruth’s knowledge on the deferral, she disregards his comment as being irrelevant because he “doesn’t know anything.”

“‘I suppose it is a bit cruel,’ Ruth said, ‘the way they always work him up like that. But it’s his own fault. If he learnt to keep his cool, they’d leave him alone’… I suppose the truth was, by that stage, each of us was secretly wishing a guardian would come from the house and take him away. And although we hadn’t had any part in this latest plan… we had taken out ringside seats, and we were starting to feel guilty” (10).

“Well I was going to come but then I had to go and help Grandpa with cleaning… who is very, very old.”

to Ruth, one of the three kids, who had just finished her second operation “I think she wants to

Ruth, on the other hand, “hopes to God [he] ain’t going to get up [there] first thing [that] morning and start talking to [her] ‘bout no money—‘cause [she] ‘bout don’t want to hear it” (Hansberry 26). Instead, she’d

“I do hope you will have Abrial there, I would enjoy having her serve us and if I drink too much I may need her assistance finding my way back to my quarters.”

He shook the memory off and grinned. “I’d almost forgotten how much fun this was. The church toy drive is going to have a banner Christmas.”

“(Hansberry, 523). In 1959 abortion was illegal and dangerous, and this particular quote shows just how much Ruth is willing to do for her family. The stage directions during this scene also show how tense and stressful this situation is. “There is total silence as the man stares at his wife and the mother stares at her son.” “Well—(tightly) Well —son, I'm waiting to hear you say something . . .

I once heard someone say, “Find something you love to do and you’ll always be successful.” If you want to be in a field where you are continually learning, nursing would be the top pick. This paper will reflect the journey I have taken from Registered Nurse (RN) to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) with the incorporation of my learning objectives from my clinical course.