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Nursing Personal Statement Essay

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Personal Statement I’ve always been very curious of my surroundings, ranging from taking apart the transmitter of a car key fob to tearing apart the engine of my motorcycle. This curiosity followed me into my young adulthood. Ever since I was the age of 6, I would love going to work with my father from his days of installing flooring to the present as he successfully owns a home renovation business in Northern Virginia. I always enjoyed working with my dad and thought that one day I could take over his business but I always wanted more than to simply appeal to the pockets of wealthy home owners. When I was younger, my grandmother was diagnosed with severe oral cancer in which a section of her mandible was replaced with a section bone from her fibula. Following the surgery there were many doctor visits and I was her translator for most of them. That was when I got my first hands on experience in health care. I was fascinated by how many different dosages and types of medicine there were to control one single issue the human body could have. …show more content…

At the time I was taking summer classes and after my Chemistry class I would race over to the hospital to be with her while she received chemotherapy. During those visits I began to question the doctors and nurses and ask them about how they care for their patients and what their day to day lives were like. With this first-hand experience I decided that I wanted to become a physician. In spring of 2016, I was given the privilege to shadow Dr. Deepak Thomas, an Interventional Cardiologist at MCV Hospital. He had shown me around the Catheterization Lab and let me observe many procedures that he performed. During his clinical visits I was able to speak with patients and ask questions as to why they would not take his advice even if it was beneficial to their

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