Personal Narrative: My Current Experience As A Nurse

After graduating Anacortes High school I plan on attending a four year private liberal arts university. I will be pursing a Bachelors of Science in Nursing leading to a career as a Registered Nurse. My main interest is a specialty in pediatrics. Following a month stay at Children's Hospital after enduring emergency surgery and a difficult recovery I decided nursing is what I'm meant to do. The nurses inspired me, and I hope that I can help a family and child in the same way that they helped

My initial interest in nursing began from my experience with my grandmother. It was in the fall of 2007 when my grandmother was sent to the hospital due to hypernatremia. My dad would pick me up every afternoon from school to visit my grandmother. I was given the responsibility to look after my grandma for nearly two weeks that includes in feeding her, assisting her, and other light duties. What fascinate me during my visits in the hospital were the nurses who assisted and took care of my grandma. They treated my grandma with dignity, kindness, compassion, courtesy, respect, understanding, and love. Their commitment, professionalism, dedication, determination and skills inspired me to pursue a career in the medical field. From that point, I realized that nursing is a field that enables people impact other people’s lives and make a difference. At 9 years old, being a nurse was a childhood dream and now I am at the point of turning my dream into reality. I want to study and pursue my dream registered nursing at Ryerson University that offers a nursing degree program that focuses on developing student’s critical thinking skills, ability to analyze reflectively and apply theory through community health focused practice making Ryerson one of the best nursing schools in Canada.

The past two years in the community college have been great. I have learned a lot from my well respected instructors and my peers. So now, I want to transfer to a four year college and continue to grow, broaden my understandings and improve my communication skills. Now I'm about to complete my associate in science program at Trident Technical College, in Charleston, South Carolina, where I have been successful academically and socially. During this time I was a peer tutor which furthered my knowledge of the United States and its culture all while working part time jobs. These experiences have contributed to my education as a whole. My goal is to transfer to a university and attain my bachelor’s degree in Nursing. Becoming a nurse is a goal that I have had for quite some time having seen the lack of healthcare in a developing country and the vast needs of the people. I believe it is a great profession that would allow me to be a catalyst for change while allowing me to show compassion to people and help them. Saving other people’s lives is a great incentive for me, because I came from coming from a country where people die from contaminated water, lack of food, clothing and less than sanitary conditions in some areas. Once I finish my BSN, I want to pass the knowledge I've learned to others and help those who are in need. I want to be able to help the people of the United States and Africa, especially my country home, Ethiopia. It is sad to see people not getting treatments and dying of disease. I believe completing my degree in nursing will provide me with essential tools to help bring that dream to accomplishment. Apart from my career goals, I want to enjoy life and be a positive influence in my

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.

I interviewed Beverly Stark. She works for Health Partners Hospice and Palliative Care as a hospice registered nurse (RN). The setting of her work varies. It is wherever her patient lives, which can range from a hospital, long term care, or in the patient’s home. She emphasized the importance of her team. She works with nurses, social workers, home health aids, chaplains, doctors, and hospice volunteers on a daily basis. She is part of what they call a core group. Each core group is made up of two RNs, one social worker, and a home health aid (HHA). The core group meets once a week to talk and update each other on their caseload. Additionally, they meet with the chaplain and a doctor weekly (B. Stark, personal communication, Sept 9, 2016).

All my life nurses have surrounded me. My mother was diagnosed with Hodgkin Disease while I was in the womb. She spent most of her early motherhood life in a Galveston, TX hospital. I also, in 2006 was diagnosed with cervical cancer and was given the proper care to battle the cancer and become a survivor. The flourishing of my desire for nursing was also very clear when I experienced how to care for another person. My cousin who has different disabilities has been ill since an infant. All her life I have cared for her when I could and met numerous of nurses who are by her side twenty-four seven. The surrounding of nurses and their environment that I have been exposed to, has assured me that this desire I have to further my education in this pathway is the right choice. I hope to attain the proper education to gain closeness to the people in my community through this profession that I have a strong desire for.

Like many before me, I came to college to pursue a valuable degree and a set of skills that I could use in the foreseeable future. My interest lies in the field of Nursing, in which classes are challenging but serves as a motivation for future endeavors. Nursing is a vocation for people who are conscientious, patient, and reliable all skills that I believe I possess.

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

My love for nursing first began with a conversation with my aunt, a nurse anesthetist, who my junior year convinced me pharmacy isn’t for me, nursing is. After one day shadowing her at Alton Memorial, I knew that this is how I would spend the rest of my life. My mother and grandmother are also both in the nursing profession. One was a traveling nurse and is now a nurse educator, while the other is a retired nurse who worked with the government and inspected nursing homes. These three wonderful ladies showed me all the different opportunities I have and the diversity of the field. My mother is my inspiration to keep working hard. She made it through nursing school with two small children and this career allowed her to always support us.

Hi everyone, I am Marygrace Haydock from Baltimore, MD. I graduated on March 26, 1992, Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy in the Philippines. I started working in the U.S.A since 1995. I began working in New York for two years; then I moved to South Carolina for a year. I permanently stayed in Baltimore, where I found my passion in a geriatric population. My clinical experiences in a rehabilitation setting such as acute care, sub-acute, I.C.U. (Intensive Care Unit), home care and outpatient setting. I compassionately assisted my clients and expertly customized conventional physical therapy techniques with debilitating conditions such as neurologic, vascular, orthopedic, head injuries, Parkinson’s disease, dementia vestibular, lymphedema, dialysis, chronic wounds,

To being, I loved this simulation. It was not only a great experience, but it was so much fun. I know part of it was that I got to act as the concerned mom, and I enjoy acting. However, the acting also helped me remember some of things a mother will want to know, especially while a nurse is handling the baby. I can see myself wanting to know exactly what a nurse is doing even though I have the knowledge myself; motherhood makes you concerned about these things. Plus I appreciated being able to hand “Taylor” because I was had only handled a newborn once during my OB rotations. She was so realistic and adorable. Then with given the other baby a bath, one was able to see what it was like to handle a very preterm baby. Then finally I learned so

When people hear the word “nurse” it paints a positive image in most of our minds. Nurses are people who encourage others to live a healthy lifestyle and care for the sick. Equally important they provide direct health care for each patients. I didn't just wake up one morning and decided that i was going to become a nurse it took time. I first had to find myself and figure out what i was most passionate about..Growing up I always seen myself having a career that had a combination of medicine and helping others in my community. I am currently employed at the Heathers Manor working there has increased my knowledge and passion for becoming a nurse, each day i realize how much i enjoy giving back to others

On May 13, 2016 Mercy School of Nursing will hold its final graduation ceremony after 110 years as a hospital nursing diploma program. I graduated from Mercy School of Nursing, a Bachelor of Science degree is important to me because I want to be associated with a college that has brick and mortar. Unfortunately, after degree completion, my current employer won’t be providing a monetary raise and I have no plans for a promotion. The only change I have thought about while pursuing my degree relates to my husband retiring. Having a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing will open more employment opportunities if we move to Florida to become “snowbirds”.

My role as a nurse in the community such as the West, TX explosion in a hospital setting would include assessing and treating the clients for burns from the explosion, respiratory distress from the chemical that has been exposed to the air, and lacerations and puncture wounds from objects that flew up in the air due to the pressure from the explosion. As a nurse I would also assess and treat for stress-related symptoms such as gastrointestinal upset, malaise, headache, fluctuation in vital signs, and early onset of labor. I would also assess for aggravation of chronic health conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, respiratory problems such as asthma, and mental health changes. Stress increases blood pressure and if the resident is displaced

In this essay I will identify the reason I want to continue my education through Spring Arbor University. I am currently a registered nurse in an emergency department and have been for almost 6 years. I have been in charge of the unit many times and have enjoyed teaching others. I would like to advance my degree for multiple reasons. The primary reason is that a Master’s degree is distinguishable and shows commitment to the field of nursing. Furthermore, it shows dedication and motivation of an individual to complete a degree that only about ten percent of nurses are able to accomplish.