My Nursing Career Analysis

Soon after, I received my licensure and began working at The Queen's Medical Center as a Registered Nurse (RN) in early part of 1994. Since becoming a RN, I have provided care to a great deal of patients and reassured countless numbers of family members. As a RN, I've also become the coordinator of care, patient advocate, and teacher to the patients I cared for while serving as the eyes and the ears of the physicians. As with any human, I enjoyed sharing the laughter with my patient and cringed at site of their pain and despair. For these reasons, I believe that being a RN is a great career choice for me. However, for these same reasons, I still feel that I am not a complete nurse; hence I've decided to go back to school and try to earn my Bachelor in Science Degree in Nursing

I've very adaptive to new technology such as programs used for online documentation and electronic MARS. Other registered staff in my unit often comes to me for problem solving and troubleshooting with our online documentation program. I always put my patients first and I take the time to listen to my patients & families, no matter how busy my schedule may be. I work well under pressure and in a solo or team environment. I strive to become more knowledgeable in nursing in order to provide the best care I can to my clients In order to excel at my profession and passion I need to do everything I can to make myself better. As part of that, I did not stop with Bachelors, I did my masters, then I did Medical-surgical certification & I am also certified preceptor, have certification from UCF. My upbringing developed my core beliefs of community, family, loyalty, compassion and honesty. It also taught me that all things worthwhile require hard work. I love being a nurse, but recognize my yearning for more. I love nursing and have enjoyed my time as a floor nurse although my work experiences are acutely based, I have observed the direct relation between primary and acute care. As a nurse primarily working with patients, I have observed how patient miseducation, miscommunication, and

A career trajectory is a formalized plan for a successful transition into a career path that an individual has chosen. Likewise, the goal of nursing is to improve health through the advancement of knowledge therefore, improving the safety, effectiveness, and the access for healthcare. In combining these two definitions, a career trajectory in nursing advancement is to allow for clarity of direction and expected outcomes in a career by meeting the goals to advance in the healthcare field. In order to build a successful career as an advanced practitioner an individual must consider the requirements of the position and make strategic decisions in order to facilitate progression towards this goal (Feetham & Doering, 2015).

Striving as a successful Honor Student in high school has been daring over the years, but soon will lead to more challenging aspects centering my career goal as a Registered Nurse; which will involve my aspirations, excellence, and accomplishing the vision. Becoming a Registered Nurse is going to be hard because I'm not sure what to expect .However, I do know that the journey to this accomplishment will be stressful. Despite those circumstances as long as I stay focused and do not procrastinate, my career is bound to happen in success. The main aspect to reaching my career goal consists of my aspirations. The biggest aspiration is for me to improve myself and my skills with those around.

Because of these changes, my interests in nursing have been influenced by circumstance. From the very beginning of my journey, I had a strong interest in becoming a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), but because of the need to relocate for my husband’s job, becoming a CRNA was no longer an option due to location. After reevaluating my options, I have established a new interest in becoming a Family Nurse Practitioner, but because of my academic marathon and because of my age, I have also considered foregoing the additional education past a BSN. Other areas of interest include the Emergency Room, Cardiology, Critical Care, and Neurology. All of my career options interest me because they provide challenge and constant change. Hopefully the remainder of my academic journey will help solidify my ultimate career goal in the nursing profession.

Keynote speaker, Donna Wilk Cardillo once wrote, “Nursing is not for everyone. It takes a very strong, intelligent, and compassionate person to take on the ills of the world with passion and purpose and work to maintain the health and well-being of the planet. No wonder we are so exhausted at the end of the day!” In high school, there was no question that I wanted to be a nurse. I had even decided that I wanted to specialize in emergency medicine. Caring for others has always been a passion of mine and I imagined I would enjoy the fast pace of the emergency room. However, competing in a regional competition for CPR and first aid opened my eyes to the reality of my desired specialty.

In this research paper the job of a licensed practical nurse (LPN) is explained. Many articles have been used on this topic to support all of my information written. In detail you will learn about the type of work done by an LPN, necessary personal qualities needed to be an LPN, benefits of this job, educational requirements, the work environment, the job outlook , and much more. With the help of many published articles from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center, and the New York State Education Department you will learn a great amount of information related to this topic. I will also be gathering much detail from The Overview of Health Care Careers written by R. Delaet (2014). This paper thoroughly examines

As a little girl I always dreamed I would grow up to be a ballerina or a beautiful princess. The older I grew and as I endured the craziness of life I quickly learned what my true calling was. A lot of life experiences contributed to my belief that I was born to be a great nurse. I knew without a doubt that my dream job was to become not only a nurse, but an exceptional critical care nurse.

While life has been a whirlwind of changes over the past fifteen years, it has been a rewarding adventure, to say the least. As My master plan of retiring from my first career as a fire-paramedic is complete, I continue to strive to complete my formal degree, which has been slow-going, to say the least. As I attended nursing school in 2002, while still working in the fire department my goal was to graduate and find gainful employment as a registered nurse. Upon entering the nursing world in the early 2000’s, my aspirations of becoming a degreed nurse were not on the forefront. As time has progressed, I think back to all of the barriers that I have overcome and so far I believe I have been very successful. Looking forward I have had many factors that have led me to the decision of further education in the nursing world.

My former patient once mentioned, “The determination to finish education can be measured by accepting all challenges and coming out stronger and wiser.” This statement strengthens my drive in achieving my ultimate goal to earn a degree in nursing. I am committed in pursing my goal because of my compassion to take care of the sick and my desire to be part of the profession that values life, respects death, and see the strengths and weaknesses of the human spirit. As I enhance my skills and knowledge in healthcare I worked as Patient Care Technician at Virginia Mason Medical Center’s Critical care Unit, I was overwhelmed with the high acuity of patients and worried families and it served as a challenge to me.

My ears focused closely on the words he utters as he stood across the desk and told me that my career path will most likely be Management or Education. Two semesters before this, the dean of the Nursing School told me because I earned a grade of a "D" in anatomy and physiology; I am an ineligible candidate for Nursing School. I will not be able to enroll in any other Nursing school in the state of Georgia for two years. Helpless and afraid, I faced two choices: leave the Georgia and apply to a Nursing School and avoid the two-year wait; or, stay in my current institution and change majors. "Management or teaching are the only career path the test shows I should go into," I replied to the Career Center Director as he read me my career path results from a 30-minute personality test I took in his office a week before.

As the transition from student nurse to RN becomes a reality, reflecting on the entire process is imperative in order to understand not only who I was, who I am, but the woman I am becoming. The journey I have endured to get where I am today has proven to me that I am capable of achieving anything I set my mind to. Through my trials and errors of becoming an athletic trainer, I have discovered that although I may be able to diagnose and injury and rehab an athlete back to health, my heart beckoned for an alternative in the health care field. Stepping into a pediatric setting was the most impactful decision I have ever made. I felt a sense of true belonging and attachment. It was through this experience I chose to pursue nursing with an

Nursing is an immense career that renders you the opportunity to advise and sustain the health and well-being of the community. Nursing will grant me the chance to contribute my ability to care for others. This year I have begun my venture in Nursing, I plan to have a very successful journey through school so I can start my career with positivity.

I obtained my Associates of Arts degree through Wharton County Junior College in May of 2016. Throughout my time spent at WCJC I was able to balance both school and work, which allowed me to pay for my classes without the need of assistances from neither family nor financial aid. I decided on Associates of Arts because it covered majority of the prerequisites needed for a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Nursing. However after graduating I realized I could begin my nursing career path sooner if I were to go through the Vocational Nursing Program. Because this is a full-time, 40 hour per week, Monday through Friday program the department recommends that students not work as daily study time is encouraged and required in order to be a successful

As a nursing student, there is an undeniable ambition to succeed in acquiring all existing knowledge of health care. As a nurse, we vow to inoculate that value of health care and its role in medicine. Obtaining an exceptional nursing education may dictate the career of a graduating nursing student, and I choose to acquire my nursing education from The Duncan Regional Hospital Campus. The determination to commit to such an excellent program was an uncomplicated decision. The holistic culture implicated by Duncan Regional Hospital is the most essential key to its innovations in health care. By obtaining a learning opportunity through my future employer, it instills both value and unbeatable skill. Being a part of The Duncan Regional Hospital’s goal to combat the nursing shortage is prominent in my path to becoming an exceptional nurse. Therefore, by living where I obtain my health care knowledge and employment, my education can strengthen my career as both a focused BSN student and Registered Nurse.