Personal Statement: A Career As A Nurse

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.

Being a nurse was my childhood dream. It started when my aunt, who was a Military Nurse shared her work experiences with me. Listening to her experiences stimulated my interest in nursing and it developed my core beliefs of community, family, loyalty, and compassion to serve the people who need medical help. It also taught me that all things worthwhile required hard work. Another factor that influenced my interest in nursing was going with my mother who was a Medical Technologist and worked at a local community hospital. At a very young age, I was exposed to how healthcare services were rendered by nurses. I was fascinated to see how they provided care to patients without hesitations, nurtured their profession and achieved self-fulfillment with what they do every day. I learned how therapeutic and comforting an encouraging

Your choices will affect you throughout your life, whether it is a big or small decision. For example, it could be something simple like eating fast food for the third time this week or it could be important like going to an interview for a new job position. When you are young, you change your mind every chance you get. This might be why deciding what job you want for the rest of your life is difficult. Currently, 1. I want to be a RN, which is a registered nurse. Registered nurses do a lot to help their community and the people in it. With this job, I would be able to give back to the community by helping people. This makes me feel like I would be a better person.

Since I can remember I have always had a compassion and natural desire to care for my fellow man. Now having this opportunity, I remain committed to this task. During my nursing career as a Registered Nurse, I allow myself time to grow clinically and to expose myself to a variety of health care emergency situations which continues to be very valuable to me in strengthening my career. It is very fortunate that I have the opportunity to be in a position to where I am today.

Do we just wake up one day and know what our career should be? Finding a job that best suits myself is complicated. It is not easy as it seems to decide on what I want to do for my career. I believe the job that best suits me would be a nurse, so that means I would enjoy to be in a hospital. I am best suited to be a nurse because I am very dedicated and hardworking, I am a very caring person and hopefully a role model to others. Also, I have a calm temperament and I can remain focused in difficult situations. Being a nurse comes with plenty of hardships, but I am ready to face them all.

Providing knowledge to parents to let them know that their child is healthy and safe gives every pediatric nurse a feeling of excitement. This job can be heartbreaking if babies are injured and the possibility of death but it can also be rewarding when providing babies with the will to live. A pediatric nurse cares for children when they are sick or injured in hospitals, schools, and healthcare facilities. The pediatric nurse is an important occupation because it give babies and children the extra care that is needed to become healthy and supplying the children with medicine. Pediatric nurses experience the wonder of babies growing stronger, healthier,and happier.

A Pediatric Nurse is care provider that helps children or adolescents that may have injuries or illnesses. They often work in a hospital or a pediatric urgent care unit. They can also work in many sectors of the medical field including cardiology, oncology, or, dermatology. For finding a job as a Pediatric Nurse, if the person finding the jobs has a lot of training or experiences as a nurse then they are known to have a higher quality and paying job. Being a Pediatric Nurse, they have to perform physical checkups, create diagnostics, and check the patient vital stats.

I am born and raised in Haiti. I came to the United State in 1996 and became a caregiver in 2001. I became a caregiver because I love people and use what I have to help or assist people

When I was younger, I wanted to become a doctor or a nurse. I used to play with my mother’s stethoscope countless times because I thought I was a professional. I thought I knew what it took to become a doctor because I knew how to listen to a family member’s heartbeat. I just automatically knew I wanted to become a doctor. I don’t know if it was because I knew my mother had breast cancer. I don’t know if it was because I struggled with battling sickle cell. I wanted to help people like how doctors and nurses helped take care of my mother and myself. All I wanted to do was to help patients like myself.

In the nursing profession, you will often hear the cliché where people say they were born to be nurses. They always knew they wanted to be a nurse from the time they were young. Some people grew up around healthcare, had nurses in their family, or just knew in their bones they were meant to be a nurse. Well, I can say unequivocally that I am not one of those people. Upon graduating from college I still had no idea what I wanted to be when I “grow up.” I went into sales because the only thing I truly knew I wanted was to work with people. Working with new people every day led me to a revelation; I wanted to help people. Having always been fascinated by the human body, and having a thirst for knowledge were what brought me to nursing. I felt there was no better way to make a measurable impact on people’s lives than to provide direct care during their most vulnerable moments. I believe becoming a CRNA will give me solace in knowing I have the ability to make a positive impact on nearly every patient I treat.

From the time we start school they’ve asked us what we would like to be when we grow up. When we were in elementary school kids tended to respond with things like a princess, astronaut, and even a billionaire but as the time progressed our dreams were taken over by more realistic goals such as nurses, doctors and even engineers. I remember being asked what I wanted to be all throughout my life and every time I sat there with a blank face with no response and no idea as to what the world held. Now as a senior in high school I’ve come to a conclusion that being a pediatric nurse is the right career for me. I’ve always loved children so why not persue a career in pediatrics.

I love being a nurse. A bedside nurse. More often than not when I finish a 12-hour shift, the soles of my feet burn, my back and shoulders ache, and my clothes and hair reek of stale urine. My parents, both of whom are computer engineers, often wonder why I decided to choose a career path where I voluntarily put myself through such difficulties. Truthfully, there are times where I have difficulty answering that question for myself. But amidst the chaotic, stressful shifts, it’s important to take a step back. Nursing takes us to the most basic of human needs and emotions because we have the honor of touching the lives of those who are having the worst days of their life.

Many people in life have turning points when they realize what they want to do with their lives. For me I’ve always wanted to be a nurse. There has never been a specific or defining moment that prompted me to begin this journey of pursuing a career in nursing. There are many honorable and rewarding careers in this world, but for me I’ve never thought of anything more gratifying than caring for people. Nursing is simply caring for people and caring can be defined as the work or practice of looking after those unable to care for themselves, especially sick and elderly people.

A nurse is a person that is trained to advocate health, prevent illness, and care for ill or disabled person. My desire to become a nurse started at a young age and from then on my desire to be a nurse has only grown. I grew up around the healthcare field most of my life because my grandmother and mother were both nurses. In 2011, my father was diagnosed with cancer. I went to the hospital every day to see him. When my father passed away it inspired me to be a nurse even more. I want to help people so they won’t have to go through what my father went through or so children won’t have to feel how I felt. When I think of a nurse I think of a leader. A leader inspires other to dream more, learn more, do more and become more. When I found out

I am excited to be here and hope everyone had a great summer! I have been an RN since 2009 but have been in health care for 18 years. I began my career as a medic in the Air Force and slowly climbed up the nursing ladder by obtaining my LPN, ASN, BSN and here I am now working on my Masters. Although it has taken much longer than I expected, I have gained a world of knowledge along the way. I have worked acute care (Med-Surg/ICU/Step-down), ambulatory care (Primary Care, Disease Management), home care, Utilization Management, and Patient Safety. I am now civil service employee working as a Discharge Planner at a large military hospital. I truly enjoy my work and have gained yet another perspective about outcomes of care and I am happy to serve