Nursing Personal Statement Examples

“Definition of a nurse: To go above and beyond the call of duty. The first to work and the last to leave. The heart and soul of caring. A unique soul who will pass through your life for a minute and impact it for an eternity. An empowered individual whom you may meet only for a 12-hour period, but who will put you and yours above theirs”-Anonymous. For the past year and a half, I have volunteered at Blaire E. Batson Children’s Hospital. It has been an amazing experience! My passion for the medical field and career of nursing has been magnified. I know without a doubt that nursing is what I want to do for the rest of my life. I long for the opportunity to care for my future patients and their families. I want to touch other people’s lives just as I have witnessed nurses do throughout my time volunteering. God has given me a passion for nursing. With my passion and compassion for others, I know I will be successful if admitted into the BSN program.

Nurses provide compassionate care to unfamiliar faces every day; it's not simply a career, but a vocation. It is the route I want to follow and I aspire to possess the skills, that I have observed nurses display during my time as a health care assistant. Studying Access to nursing has enabled me to understand the value of working with people of different age, background and abilities. I have found that my independent studying skills has drastically improved in my role of healthcare professionals unit.

“The journey to success they say requires persistence”; and many successful people learn from experience. To be involved in any profession one must first gain understanding and experience, the Word instructs us “... study to show thyself approved…” Working as a medical-Surgical Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), has given me the avenue to know more and inspired the desire to advance in the field of nursing. With this inspiration, I believe Nursing school will aide in the furtherance and I trust that i am prepared to take on the challenge head on.

Acquiring a career pathway in nursing is an ambitious and challenging career which can also be fascinating and gratifying. Being part of a large family has helped me help others in a polite and caring way. As having younger siblings and babysitting them which I adore doing, shows I have a caring nature for younger children and the fact that I am responsible and trustworthy as friends and family have asked me to babysit as well. Being around children most of my time and taking care of them has driven me to pursue a career in child nursing where I can take care of vulnerable ill children. I am certain nursing is a career I would thrive through and progress in because I love helping individuals with their problems whenever I can as it is rewarding within itself.

Personal Statement for Megan Pulley My life is a mission, a mission of touching people in any way positive that I can. I desire to show people that no matter the circumstances or where you grew up, you are the one who determines your future, no one else. By mastering the ability to live amply in every situation, I can thrive on almost nothing or with everything and that adaptable nature will make me an exceptional nurse.

When I first considered becoming a paediatric nurse, I arranged work experience at a nursery for a week and a primary school for 10 weeks . This experience helped me gain the key skills and qualities needed in a nurse. I carried out various tasks such as, welcoming the children and their parents every morning and settling the children's down to their morning activities. This improved my communication and listening skills, as it is crucial to talk clearly to your patients and peers

I am a survivor; I want to be a savior. My interest in biology originated from my experience as a child when I was living in India. I was misdiagnosed with malaria. The prescribed medication worsened my health as I exhibited severe dehydration and sickness.

I intend to utilize my education along with my talents toward the advancement for an improved society in regard to the younger generations by establishing additional scholarship funds, considering that I personally know what it is like to depend on financial aid, and encouraging volunteer or contract opportunities where students can partner with businesses, hospitals, organizations, etc., which guarantee them funds if they work for their branch for a certain amount of years; as a result, the student is guaranteed employment as well as money. Also, acknowledging the problems affiliated with the health insurance; therefore, I would voice my professional experience to my healthcare management or any large healthcare corporation. To clarify, since

Watching my cousin detoriate from sickle cell anemia after suffering her first stroke at age 3, taught me medicine cant cure all disease and sometimes Doctors are limited in what they can do. However watching how the Doctor…. At Royal London Hospital I shadowed a haematologist on ward rounds, and learned that a significant part of a patient’s recovery depends on good bedside manner. Furthermore, I was shown the importance of time management, especially given modern day doctor workloads.

I am applying to your Master of Science in Nursing program for spring 2017. In 2005 I migrated with my parent to United States of America for very first time. After completing adult school, decided to go back India to pursue study in nursing carrier. My interest began in nursing since I was in 8th grade, when my grandmother was hospitalization for ovarian cancer and she needed hysterectomy.

As I am applying for this course as a mature student I have no doubt this career path will be a challenging one, both emotionally and physically. However, I have the full support and encouragement of my friends and family and if accepted I will continue to study until I reach the top of my field. I was accepted for an Adult Nursing Course prior to my surgery for epilepsy, I decided to wait until I had the procedure. While in London’s UCLH, it only reiterated my aspirations. The work of the nurses there was amazing, they also kept me calm and supported me when my family was not able to visit.

My desire to pursue the field of nursing stems from my fascination on giving support to those in need. Working in the customer service industry has helped me develop essential skills needed as a nurse. Such as, giving good customer service, having patience with an upset customer, and having the ability to solve an issue accordingly. Some of the qualities that I admire in nurses are empathy and quick thinking while being under tremendous pressure.  

Perhaps it was my parents’ socialist upbringing in Yugoslavia or my mother’s struggles with her autoimmune disorders that helped foster my interest in health inequities. Although I now find the relationship between health care and justice fascinating, my initial academic encounters with health care were not anchored in sociological, political, or legal frameworks.

Over the years of practice in the medical field, I’ve been adapting and changing constantly according to the needs required. I’m passionate about medicine and I would love to practice in a rural context where resources and help are limited. I am planning on taking my skills to a higher level. I have a special interest in anaesthetics and would love to do my AST in anaesthetics to combine my current skills combined with emergency medicine and critical care. This will exponentially increase my expertise in treating sick patients that need to be admitted to a critical care unit or possible retrieval from rural areas to tertiary centres which need to be stabilised prior to be transferred.

Many people keep asking me the reason why I have decided to pursue a career in nursing. The simple answer that I always give them is that nursing is the only profession I see that can make me happy. However, this answer is a bit superficial and indeed majority of them find it insufficient. They are all interested in knowing the real reasons that motivated me to want to pursue this career path. I believe that my motivation to want to pursue a career in nursing stems from experiences that I have had throughout my life as well as the innate drive to make a real difference in the lives of other people. The nursing profession will provide me with the perfect platform on which I can have a close and intimate impact on the lives of other peoples in a way that no other career can guarantee. As pointed out by Smith (5), nurses should provide care that is delivered in a compassionate, sensitive, and warm way.