Personal Narrative: A Career As A Male Nurse

When I was younger I always knew I wanted to be in the medical field. I've gone through many different occupations that have interested me. After I shadowed I think I have found a job that I could really enjoy. Labor And Delivery Nurses are very hard working people, they work long hours and have to take care of not only the newborns, but the families too. I decided to choose this career because I love the idea of being able to take care of babies, and help the laboring moms. There’s just something about bringing a little life into the world that seems amazing.

Comforting and helping people before, during, and after a procedure is something that has intrigued me for a while. I’m relatively accustomed to the field of nursing, considering my dad has to go to the doctor for numerous checkups. Most nurse anesthetist work alone, without the supervision of an anesthesiologist, which is one reason why I chose to research this career. Nurse anesthetists, normally called CRNA (certified register nurse anesthetist), are the primary provider of anesthesia in rural America. In some states they are the sole provider of anesthesia. My initial resource for information about my career was the Mississippi Choices website. Next, I searched the Occupational Outlook Handbook website. Then, I conducted

The best feeling in the world to me is not going to sleep in my cozy bed after a long and exhausting day at school or work, it is not wiping off a full face of makeup or even cuddling up in a warm blanket after the cold, chilly winter nights. Sure those things are great but the feeling I get when I show any act of kindness is what I define as the best feeling in the world. Having the chance to impact the world, myself, and even my family, is what I have strived for my whole life. The chance to save lives, be there and care for people through illnesses, injury, pain or loss. Pursing a career in nursing is my ultimate goal. It is a profession that allows me to see people at their worst, all the while, helping them become their best.

Children have always been an interest of mine.  I grew up as any girl had, always had my dolly dragging behind me.  As I have gotten older my interests with children have not lessened.  I would like to eventually become a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.  With this in mind, I like to talk about my future profession with someone that can give me their honest opinion.  The person that I have always turned to is my aunt, Nikki Sickmann.

When every girl in your family becomes a nurse, choosing a career can be quite pressuring, especially when you can never imagine yourself becoming a nurse. Nurses remind me of blood, and I am definitely not the type of person to be working with blood. Therefore, I am not very interested in becoming a nurse. Nurses are here to aid people when they are sick. There are tons of different types of nurses. Two specific ones are RN and BSN. A RN is a registered nurse while a BSN is a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Although both jobs will take part in treating a patient, the BSN will have a leader role while the RN helps.

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She was admitted on the second night that I was there. She wouldn’t talk to anyone. Everyone tried to talk to her, and the nurses gave her stern looks as if to say “You won’t get far with that attitude.” She made me nervous. The hospital’s rule was that everyone had to go through an immediate mental health check to ensure that a patient could be around other patients. This girl didn’t want to be around us though. The first full day a patient was at the hospital they were allowed a visit with family. Usually when visits occurred the other patients played games or talked in the main room of the ward. This girl went to go visit her family, five minutes later we all heard screaming and something hit the wall. There was a male nurse, he was a big

For the past three years I have been employed at Property Pro's as an independent contractor. I have experience being a leader, motivating others, being creative, and working in a team. Although I love my current role, I feel I’m now ready for a more challenging occupation which is why I have chosen nursing. I attended WITC while I was in high school to receive my Certified Nursing Assistant. I used these skills at IRIS, where I worked for 6 months with an elderly woman. I started the Pre-Nursing Program in Spring 2015. I had taken a semester off so I could work to be able to afford college. I have loved attending college so far and look forward to my adventure at WITC throughout the next two

Whether through formal preparation, such as your BSN or MSN degrees, or through your professional duties like continuing education requirements, our nursing career is an ongoing cycle of learning that is a part of the day-to-day profession. As the number one most trusted profession, it is our duty to continue to progress with the direction healthcare is advancing. I believe the responsibility of the nurse is going to grow in healthcare. While there are topics that I concur with, there are also points in this chapter that I see in an opposing view.

Ok, Mrs. Martin, this is not an official reply to your post. My Husband laughed and said " I'd give them a tic-tac and call it a Vicodin and point them to the nearest bed. By the way he is a X- File freak. We have our kids hooked on the show as well. This is not what I would do. I would try to help my patient the best that I could do. I need to remain professional and laugh. I couldn't help it while I read your post. I hope that I'll never have a patient say this to me.

My current role in nursing includes caring for long term vented patients, for chronically critically ill or post-ICU patients. Currently, I work as an ICU RN at Select Specialty Hospital in collaboration with other team members, which includes respiratory therapists, certified nursing assistants, Nurse Practioners, and physicians. At select we ensure the highest level of care for this patient population. Specific responsibilities of my daily nursing care include, but are not limited to; patient admissions, discharges, and transfers from telemetry to our ICU unit, reviewing and carrying out physician orders, maintaining and titrating critical medications, and overall maintaining hemodynamic stability.

Why do I aspire to be a nurse? I could name a million and one reasons why I am determined to work my way up to being a Registered Nurse, but one of the main reasons is to help and comfort people in their time of need. When choosing my future profession, my family background made the decision easy. When I was seven months old, my father passed away from an accident, leaving my mother single with three children. In order to make life a little less stressful, we moved to Fresno where my grandparents lived. Unfortunately, when I was seven years old, my mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Being the youngest of three children, I had a hard time understanding why my mom was so sick, but I did what I could to help. My two older brothers were in high school and both had jobs, which left me home with my ill mother. As a seven year old, there is only so much I could do, but I helped her bathe her, emptied her bedpan as well as her vomit pan. Almost a year after being diagnosed, she lost her battle to cancer. While my mom was in the hospital, I was able to see what an impact the nurses had

After graduating High School in 1975, I married and moved to Mississippi. There used my skills from gymnastics and assisted teaching for three months. Assisted with teaching children from the ages of six to ten years old.

The nurse took it out of his arm slowly, a grimace on the serious and sleep deprived mask she wore while working. She pulled at it for what seemed to be a comically impossible time span. It was as if there was no end to it, like she was performing some kind of grotesque magic trick—he half expected the fluttering of doves and polite applause to accompany the big finish. It was wet and limp when it came out, like a long strand of blue spaghetti. Before it was gone he had imagined that he might miss it, like you sometimes do with a wart or a recently shaven beard, but that was not the case. It seems it just wasn’t possible for him to get sentimental about something like a PICC line, even though it had been a part of his body for nearly a month

Why I want to be a nurse? I guess for many this question poses no threat yet, it scares the life out of me. I know this community has read countless short essay on why people want to join your school and become a nurse. Moreover, for many nursing students as well as nurses feel, they can make a different in someone life, that is a calling that only a few may possess. However, the dreams in becoming a nurse start at a young age for me. I always found myself having pity for people. When my sibling or other family member was ill or hurt, I ran to their aid something getting in the way and then told to go to my room. Nevertheless, I would always come back to try to make them feel better. Having natural affection for people are rooted