Personal Narrative: My Life As A Nurse

“I spotted her heading for the shortcut path through the site area to check out the beach after she tossed the breakfast trash in the can across the street. That’s why I thought it would be a good chance for us to talk. I don’t want her to get upset again, either. I feel pretty crappy about what I did. I didn’t really think it out too well, did I? I’ve been wanting to get things off my chest for so long, I guess I turned into a pressure cooker and took the lid off too fast. Look, don’t misunderstand me. I could never do what you do. You know it, and I know it. You’re the reason I can work, and I’m grateful to you for that, and for standing by me when I went to nursing school. I need you, and I need your help. I could never finish raising Arlene

Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, once said, “I attribute my success to this:—I never gave or took an excuse.” That is an outlook on life I try to live up to. I have had a few set backs in my college career to keep me from achieving my goal of becoming a Registered Nurse. I could have easily given up on my dream but I took those hardships and turned them into fuel to keep going. My father suffered a massive heart attack and went into cardiac arrest when I first started college. It completely flipped by life upside down. I spent weeks at a time in the hospital with him. Seeing him go in and out the hospital for years reaffirmed my need to become a nurse and help others like how those nurses took care of my father. Once I

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.

I’ve been through a lot of changes throughout these years. My hair has changed from curly to straight and it’s color has changed multiple times, I have got braces and teeth have gotten straighter. I have gotten more mature over the years and my body has grown. What I want to do in the future has changed too. When I was younger I wanted to be a doctor. Then I wanted to work with animals, and wanted to go into the army. Now I’m set on becoming a nurse. I am going to be going to college for this. I will learn everything I need to know about being a nurse, get whatever degrees I need to get, and just go from there to become a nurse.

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.

Typically, early morning phone calls on your birthday bring well wishes and kind words from friends and family, but that has not always been the case for my wife. Just before seven o’clock A.M. on her twenty-fourth birthday our telephone rang. It was not an old friend singing happy birthday, or our friends that we had plans with later that evening. The voice on the other end of the line was her father delivering news that would change Lisa’s life forever. Her mother was being rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. She had collapsed in the kitchen while cooking their breakfast. Judy remained unresponsive for one week and the decision was made to remove life support. She passed within hours of this decision, but the impact those few days had

I am going into the field of Nursing. I have always known I wanted to pursue a field that influences people’s lives daily. One year ago, a very close friend of mine tried to attempt suicide. He had posted on social media that he was going to try to kill himself, and sent me a goodbye message. I knew I had to intervene, and used my best judgement in how to approach the situation. I was at work, so I contacted my mother and asked her to just check and make sure things were going okay, since he lived right next door. I had just finished work, and rushed home. When I got home the ambulance was already on its way. My parents told me he had locked himself in his garage, and that he was drug out. I’ll never forget the moment I saw him lying

I always have a hard time when it comes to writing about myself, simply because I don’t want to seem conceited. Anyhow, the first thing I like about myself is that I am selfless and caring. I go out of my way to do what I can to make people feel comfortable, and help them out in any way possible. It is important to spread kindness and have a good heart, you never know what somebody might be going through. For some reason, I feel like I was born to help people, which is why I chose the career field of nursing. Secondly, my attitude would be another thing I like about myself. No matter what has gone on in my life, of tried to push me down, I always keep a positive mindset and attitude, and get right back up. Life gets tough, and if you have a

I worked as an observer for 4 weeks in the departments of Internal Medicine and Cardiology. This was the first time that I worked in US healthcare setting. It was an exhilarating experience as I got a sense of what I was striving for. Fresh out of medical school, interviewing patients, following up on their labs and coming up with a differential diagnosis was very exciting as I was experiencing the practical aspect of medicine for the first time. I also attended outpatient clinic, observed Angioplasty, Pacemaker Insertion, Echocardiography, Nuclear and Exercise Stress Testing. This observership strengthened my resolve of aiming for US Residency Training.

Going to the hospital two times was not enough for me so I ended up going to the hospital two more times and for almost the same injuries. I broke my collar bone again in the same place a year later and then a year from that I had to get stiches in the back of my head. The stiches happened because my sister’s friend decided to give me a piggy back ride. He ended up falling near a corner in the wall so his head bounced back and hit mine making me hit my head into the corner. So my mom had to French braid my hair to keep the cut together to slow down the bleeding and later got five stiches in the back of my head. In school I was always an average student and took me a lot longer to grasp concepts compared to my other friends. They would pull my into a separate class just to work on reading, also had a tutor at home for my reading and writing.

I cannot imagine how Ms. Nightingale and her teams can handle the situation like that. She is the pioneer and mentor for us. It is our duty to continue her spirit no matter what nursing we choose. Yet, we continue what she built such as improve sanitary condition, prevention of disease and health promotion. The reading from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation reports that, now the problem that we have in the community is multiple chronic diseases because a lot of life died because of it (which is so true). Please share with me, if anyone of you knows how public health nurses handle this current issue. Because for two years I work as a nurse, only 1 patient whom I met had only 1 disease. If I think about it, there is a big responsibility for us as

I had many questions, concerns, and doubts about the career path that I was choosing to peruse my future on, after coming to Baker College everything seemed to clearer. All of my questions were answered. My concerns and doubts were becoming clear day by day. Once I stepped into this class, I started learning more about the nursing degree, experiences, knowledge, and role of the nurse. I also got my all questions answered for the current students in the program.

The definition of a nurse is “a person trained to care for the sick or infirm, especially in a hospital.” I chose this career just based off of my experience with a nurse, watching her care for a family member of my own. She inspired me to become someone that loved and cared for every person I met. This career would suit me in my personality; I am a people person and always have something to talk about. I want to be able to make an impact on every patient that I come across no matter how little or small.

Finally, after weeks of work, Erica was able to take my break from her job as a nurse. Erica and her boyfriend, James, sit on the couch having a movie day where all they’re gonna do is sit in and watch movies. All the sudden the doorbell ring, making them both jump a little. James goes to check who it is and comes back with some flowers.