Personal Narrative: A Career In Nursing

Caring for others has always been a passion of mine, and becoming a nurse has always been my dream. While my dream has turned reality, I can say that nursing has blessed me with the opportunity to not only be a servant to those in my community, but it has also allowed me to be of some comfort to patients and their loved ones during their darkest and most vulnerable moments. Nursing offers a variety of opportunities, where the only restrictions are the ones we set for ourselves. As for myself, all things are possible, for if I want it, I strongly believe it’s already mine. The depths that I will go to reach the latitude of success that I so desire is boundless.

When in the early stages of planning my life, I knew exactly what it was I inspired to do. I wanted to save lives. I did not know how I was going to complete that task at hand, but I knew that I was going to be saving someone’s life. So, starting nursing school was one of the jubilant moments of my life. I am ecstatic to be on my journey on becoming a well-rounded and educated nurse. Nursing is a profession that requires a great deal of care and knowledge of the human body and as a nurse I plan to be cultivated and discerning.

Choosing a career can be difficult, but it take time to make the right choice. I have made the decision to become a registered nurse. On this journey I know it’s going take commitment, hard work, and maybe some tears. When I tell people what I’m going to school for that ask me “ Is that really what u want to do”, my answer “Yes”. Every since I was in high school I have dreamt of becoming a nurse. I have conducted an interview with Kim McPherson (RN) to get a better understanding what a nursing career has in stored for me. Mrs. Kim McPherson is an full time instructor for nurse adie at Southeastern Community College. Before doing this interview, I always thought having a nursing job would be easy because nurses really don’t interact with the patients only when it time to give them their medicine. Once I became a certified nursing assistant, I was completely wrong. Nurses has some responsibilities such as making the right judgment calls, giving medicine on time, safe environment. I asked Mrs. McPherson a question about having a nursing career.

When I was a little girl is when i decided that i wanted to be in the medical field. I would often play in my room that I was the doctor’s assistant, my little sister was always the doctor. As I have become older, my desire to become a nurse has become a goal. I have enjoyed learning new things. Another reason I became interested in becoming a nurse is because I love helping people to get what they need. When considering a career in nursing, a person must carefully look into the responsibilities this will entail, the skills on must have to succeed, plus other important aspects such as working conditions, salary, and the future of the job; however, just as important is to carefully seek out the institution of the higher learning that will best prepare one for this profession such as The University of Texas at El Paso.

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I have pushed through so many obstacles while still in school and since starting as a professional working nurse, it’s a wonder how I managed to stay committed to nursing these past three years. I will admit there was a dark time about a year ago where I just felt that nursing was letting me down and I was becoming too jaded too quickly. Dangerous staffing ratios, experienced nurses isolating themselves from us newer nurses, plummeting morale and a difficult patient population all helped push me into a disconnect with my profession. It was then that I realized I needed to take a step back and analyze and evaluate what I wanted to gain from my career. I needed to figure out how to change my perception and fall in love with my job again. That’s when I decided to learn more about the varying pockets of nursing, their advanced counterparts and go forward with what appealed to me. I was desperate to make a change and take on a new challenge.

“Mom , I want to be just like her when I grow up” I said as we were leaving the doctor’s office for an annual check up . From then on, I knew I wanted to bee a children’s doctor. I didn 't know what the profession was called at such a young age, but as I grew up I learned that the official name was, Pediatrician. I knew this was my career since I was eight years old.

According to Christine Belle “Our job as nurses is to cushion the sorrow and celebrate the job every day, while we are ‘just doing our jobs.’ ”. My goal is to become one of those nurses. I have thought long and hard, and have taken into consideration many other careers, but I feel nursing is what I was born to do and that it is the right career path for me. There may be a lot of college and challenges ahead of me, but in the end all the hard work will pay off. Although many people think nursing is dirty, difficult, and disheartening, I believe it is the best for me because I enjoyed health as a child, the outlook for nursing is good, and I have some experience in the healthcare field already.

I come from a family filled with people in health-related careers. From a young age, I was always fascinated by my mom and aunt’s stories and recollection of their experiences and accomplishments in their health-related careers. Their stories not only amazed me they also sparked my interest in the health professions. During the summers my mom always took on home health nursing and the summer of my freshman year in high school she invited me to accompany while she tended to her patients. Through that I was able to see firsthand what nursing was all about and that influenced my decision to be a nurse.

It all started back in 2008 when my now husband ended up in the emergency room with a diverticulitis attack which almost required emergency surgery. Thankfully, he avoided the emergency surgery, and was able to clear up the infection prior to having the surgery electively about a month later. The surgery entailed the removal of 20 inches of his sigmoid colon. Over the course of his recovery which lasted ten days in the hospital and another month at home. I found myself fascinated watching the nurses and the way they cared for the patients, and thought to myself hum… I 'm a caring person that likes to help others… could I become a nurse? Do I have what it takes? Then the true test came when Matt got a major infection in his surgical site, I will spare the details but it required

I have wanted to be a nurse since I graduated high school in 2010. A lot of time was spent debating and I ended up putting it off for years. I got pregnant in 2014 with my son and had many positive experiences with nurses during the pregnancy. When I went into labour in March of 2015, I spent a whole 27 hours in the labour and delivery room with different nurses. They were all so wonderful. During this time, I started to ask questions to pass the time. I then learned a lot of what it was like to be a nurse in maternity. This is when I decided that I was going to start school to become what I always wanted to be.

I knew from a young age that I was going to pursue a degree in nursing. The medical field has interested me since I was five years old. At the time my dad had decided to go back to school to pursue his nursing degree. Along with wanting to follow in my father’s footsteps, I have also always loved helping people. However, the thing that really pushed me into to nursing, was being diagnosed as a type one diabetic at age nine. For these reasons, the choice to pursue nursing was not a hard one.

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When this class was coming to an end, I realized that this was something I was interested in. The medical field. The medical language. The human body. I began to feel a desire to move forward with this interest. Ms. Liguori mentioned that I was a very adamant learner. She said she felt this was something I should gather more knowledge about. I remember the day she sat me down and expressed the potential she saw in me. She told me I put the needs of others before me. She told me my mind was open to anything, and everything that was brought to my attention. When the class was coming to an end, she had told me to apply to her “Exploring Health Career Professions” program through Lewiston Regional Technical Center (LRTC). Over the summer, I began to read into what she had said to me. I started research. I browsed dozens of professions. I knew I wanted to work with children. So, I combined the two, and decided a Pediatric Nurse was my goal.

I’ll commence by declaring I have always sought to be a nurse ever since I was a little girl. I would pretend those little candies were pills, sit at the table, fill out documents, and listen to heart sounds with my little play stethoscope. As I matured, I wanted to be a pediatrician but I got married, had children, got divorced and became a single mom nurturing three boys. I chose an occupation that would afford me the opportunity to attend school and manage my home life at the same time. Well, my boys and I persevered and I proceeded back to school to increase my salary and elevate my career. I looked up one day and recognized I had been a nurse for 20 years and loving it. I am now teaching nursing, and have found that I fully appreciate that as well. However, in order to be a full-time educator, you have to be master prepared. In 1992, I attended Detroit Practical Nursing Center where I became a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). I went on to attend Wayne County Community College (WCCC) and acquired my Associates of Applied Science (AAS)