Personal Statement: A Career As A Nurse

My ambition is to graduate St. Francis College as a Registered Nurse with a Bachelor’s degree in the upcoming years. Although majoring in nursing will not be easy, I feel I am prepared for the challenge. At this time in my life I cannot see myself majoring in anything else. As a young girl, with a mother working in the medical field, I was always fascinated going to work with her. Working in a doctor’s office these past two and a half years myself has given me much experience with patients and has made it more to clear to me that this is what I want to pursue as a career. I wish to be a nurse because I seem to get a feeling of warmth and internal satisfaction when helping those in need. I have begun to learn that medicine is not the only cure for people’s ailments. It is the care they receive by those around them whether it is in a hospital, nursing home, or even their own home. This is where I believe that I can make a great difference in people 's lives by helping them recover.

The tasks of a nurse fascinates me; I have had several opportunities to observe nurses in hospitals and I find their work intriguing. I have always been interested in the health field and performing the jobs of a medical professional. Ever since the age of twelve, I have known I wanted to attend a university and pursue a career in the health field. I have always had an interest in my science courses, specifically biology and chemistry and have excelled in these areas. I want to be able to receive the best education possible and make my parents and community proud. I wish to do more for my community than just being a typical nurse and I will be able to do more by becoming a nurse practitioner.

My inspiration to pursue a lifelong career in nursing derived from witnessing a close individual succumb to a painful and chronic disease when I was the tender age of 6. I pondered and researched endlessly on the symptoms and damage caused by that disease until I comprehended its origin and everlasting effects. The memory of witnessing that individual die will continue to plague my memories and serve as a reminder of why I continue to strive for my goals today. From that point on, I knew exactly the person I aspired to be in the future—a nurse. I was fascinated with acquiring knowledge about the human body and diseases. In high school, I applied to a local hospital to become a candystriper to gain more insight about the medical field and nursing. I was placed into the endoscopy department and it was there where I truly established my determination to take on the challenge of becoming a nurse. I witnessed and experienced a myriad of things during my time there. I grasped how to become more compassionate and to prioritize one’s life and safety above everything. The hospital became my personified version of Utopia.

The nursing field gives a person the opportunity to work with and care for elderly, sick, and injured patients. I want to join the registered nurse team because they take on multiple medical settings. Registered nurses are known as RNs. They are responsible for multiple things. Being a RN has a lot of responsibility. The topics I will be covering are: job description, specialties, trends, salary, benefits, and required trainings. These are essential things that a person needs to know before going into nursing school.

I remember sitting in my advising meeting with my guidance counselor in high school talking about my Senior Packet. One of the questions she had asked me was “What do you want to be?” I remember answering her confidently and saying “I want to be a neonatal nurse.” For as long as I could remember, I always knew I wanted to be a nurse. My mother telling me about the amazing nurses that took care of me while I was a premature baby was so inspiring. I knew that I wanted to help people and work with babies. After getting rejected from every nursing program I applied to my senior year of high school I knew that my dream of becoming a nurse was going to be very difficult.

Growing up my mother worked as a nurse which consequently built a strong respect as well as admiration for the profession. However, up until the day I left for college I never considered this career for me. As a last resort I made checklist to try and determine the major that best fit my aspirations for the future. Nursing immediately jumped out at me and since then I have been infatuated with the goal of becoming a nurse.

First, let’s begin by stating that my expectation of a nurse is that he or she must be a good communicator, empathetic, patient and have good physical endurance. I feel that I exemplify these qualities which would make me successful as nurse in the future. As a little girl growing up, I have always dreamed of becoming a nurse. As a young adult, I continue to have the desire so I can help people through some of their most vulnerable times. Also my passion to become a nurse evolves from past experiences that have dramatically impacted my life: for example, my father’s death, my illness, and my personal interaction with nurses.

I cannot attribute my desire of becoming a nurse to following the footsteps of a family member, nor caring for a sick family member as I was growing up. I am a first generation high school student, furthermore, a college graduate. I became a mother at the very young age of sixteen. Being so young and growing up without the care of my parents, it was always said I, too, would end up in a rough situation and not be able to care for my child being so young myself. I continued out my days and nights being a high school teen mom. I graduated from high school in three years by attending night school while I was pregnant; allowing me to finish school sooner and obtain a better job that would allow me to take care of my son.

I knew I could be a nurse when I watched blood ooze from my brother’s face. His eyes dripping tears, and body shaking from being scared, he did not know what to do. I however, did not flinch once when I wiped the blood off his small face and hands. He was just two and I remember thinking how I had to fix him. I had to make sure his nose, his forehead, and the of side of his face was okay. I did not think twice about touching blood, or how his whole nose was black and blue. In that moment I was selfless. I chose nursing because I am capable of putting others before me. I am selfless enough to understand what it means to be a nurse, and have to be a mother, a daughter, and a whole family in a patient’s time of need. I am independent, and strong enough to deal with challenges and make the right decisions. In my soul I know I am meant to help people and fix their hurting and sadness. I chose being a nurse, because I am

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 chose to go into nursing because I had taken a sports medicine class in high school I enjoyed, and I thought I would be guaranteed a job graduating that had something to do with medicine. I can remember being so excited to learn how about illnesses and medications, and all the difference procedures done in the hospital. At the time I thought a nurse’s job was to do what the physicians said, and I expected set guidelines that would tell me what I was and wasn’t allowed to do. I had no idea that I was entering onto a career path involving so much complexity, and that the skills I had dreamed of learning were such a small part of nursing in comparison to the emotional, decision making, and critical thinking skills that a nursing career

I am constantly reminded how important it is to heal in order to live a good life. Many times we push past our limits and are scarred to no return. I want to be the rising hope in somebody’s life, the shoulder to cry on. As Heath Buckmaster, once said, “Often, it’s not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant to be, and already are, but don’t know how to be.” I want to be a pediatric nurse to keep the hope alive, to be the one that cares. The devotion of a nurse goes above and beyond than just treating young patients, but creating a safe, and comfortable environment in difficult times is truly inspiring. I am immensely inspired to train in this field of medicine to provide the comfort and support I once got.

Most people think of a nurse as someone who takes care of someone who is sick, I believe a nurse is so much more than that. Going above and beyond for anyone that is in my care is what drives me to one day become a nurse. It’s not the type of job just anyone can do, it takes a very special person with a lot of compassion. It’s that type compassion that inspired me to become a nurse. When I was ten years old I was rushed to the emergency room.

Being the first person in my family to become a nurse has been a scary experience as I have no one to ask for advice or guidance in my decision. Initially I was inspired by my high school teachers that taught subjects like anatomy and physiology and medical terminology who were nurses themselves. Stories of helping others in unimaginable ways and being a part of a bigger effort got my interest. Because I was required to pick a pathway of concentration in high school I chose the healthcare path. Naturally I excelled in my courses and even became president of the Health Student Occupations of America (HOSA) club at my high school.

My goal in life is to continue my education towards becoming a labor and delivery nurse. As an elementary aged little girl, I’d sway back and forth on what I wanted to be when I grew up. One day, I wanted to be a firefighter and the next day I’d decided that I wanted to be a sign language interpreter, which were both my parent’s professions. Anything to be like mom and dad! I ran around the house with my fisher price stethoscope and first-aid kit and asked if I could check-up on anyone and everyone. Nowadays, when I think of who a nurse would be, it is exactly what fits my personality. A calming, comforting friend to whomever they are around. I am passionate about helping people, and love the health aspect of the medical field. Growing up, I was heavily influenced by nurses in my family who talked highly of their profession. Their lifestyles of working and having families of their own at the same time could be achieved. Flexibility in schedules, comradery in the workplace and comfortable attire were surface level perks as I began my research into this career. When my grandpa got admitted into the hospital this fall after a heart attack however, my idea of why I wanted to go into this profession shifted. Emotions were flooding and at an all time high as I quickly wanted to help in any way possible. I felt helpless and was so grateful for the nurse who stayed by his side aiding him in anything and everything. The one thing in my life I