Personal Statement: A Career As A Nursing Assistant

Being a nurse not only means compassion, dedication, and intelligence, but the profession also requires endurance, personal sacrifice, and the need for continuous education. I have learned that nurses are some of the most caring and selfless people that anyone will ever meet. Nurses are more than willing to complete challenging tasks and care for others in a way that the majority of people are unwilling to. I am driven to bring all of these qualities into my role as a future nurse practitioner, which is why I am committed to pursuing my Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP).

Nursing can be a demanding career, but the benefits far much outweigh the challenges. Most importantly, it’s the rewards it offers by allowing an opportunity to make a difference in another person’s life through the provision of care when they need it. Just as Patricia Benner theorized in her book “Novice to Expert,” nursing encompasses both educational knowledge and extensive clinical experience acquired throughout one’s career. This far, I continue to acquire knowledge and clinical knowhow which will promote proper and efficient care to patients. Since I began practicing one year ago in a long-term healthcare facility, I have interacted with patients, families, physicians and other members of the healthcare team to coordinate patient’s care which has enabled me to gain confidence in myself. While I cannot deny that it was difficult to transition from a student to a licensed nurse, I learnt to overcome these challenges and focus on my strengths. Practicing as an LPN has provided a platform to learn and gain experience even though the duties and responsibilities are limited by the scope of practice.

A significant part of my character is devoted to caring for other people and contributing to their well-being. Though I have not yet gained any work experience in the field, through observation and personal experience, I have learned that the health professions are dedicated to this same mission, which is giving people the best possible care they can provide. The job of a nursing assistant requires a lot of standing on your feet, bending, lifting, squatting, and walking. Since I have been playing soccer for a long time, my body is conditioned for the rigorous physical labor that is expected in this health care profession. My thirst for knowledge in the medical field is going to aid me during my time learning in this

As experienced nurse, I have learned how to effectively time manage, prioritize patient care and work independently, as

The career I researched about is a Nursing Assistant. Nursing Assistants help patients with the daily things we do as individuals to help ourselves. The personal qualities and abilities within this job is getting the special things the patient needs in order to be healthy, such as grooming the patient, brushing the teeth of the patient, observing them, helping patients walk, making their beds, and they helping with the bowel and bladder problems for their care. In the United states it is required for Health care facilities to have Nursing Assistants. The educational requirements for a Nursing Assistant is to have a CNA credential and also a state registration. Nursing Assistants need to take programs such as a certificate program in nursing assistance. Usually you may go to a community college to have the proper education needed for the job or you may go to a university. The certificate program to become a nursing assistant takes about 18 weeks or a whole semester. Lastly they need to

When I become a professional nurse, I will show compassion so I am able to provide effective care to patients who are undergoing physical pain and emotional stress. I must remain cool, calm and collected, even under hectic emergency conditions, so I can perform complex tasks correctly. I must have good communication skills so I can listen carefully to patient concerns and doctor instructions, and convey information to both medical professionals and non-medical staff in a discreet manner. I must also have the ability to think critically so I can assess changes in an individual’s health that prove significant. Finally, I must be well organized so they can juggle the needs of several patients at the same

This made me felt confused and kept asking myself “I am very prepared to face the real world”. This essay will discuss three of the potential challenges I anticipate during my practice as a new graduate nurse.

A new nurse faces a formidable set of challenges when walking onto their first job. Sadly, nursing schools do not truly prepare the new nurse for the shock of caring for patients and the responsibility that goes with it.

The medical occupation such as doctor or physician assistance (PA) is a respectable career, but certainly not an easy job. It is a pressure cooker dealing with difficult patients’ demands, filling out mundane paperwork, and making numerous phone calls to the insurance company. Additionally, they must maintain the patient quota and satisfaction scores mandated by the workplace as well as adhere to the ever-changing, complex healthcare law and regulations. However, these adversities do not deter me from my aspiration to become a PA. I want to belong to a team of talented, selfless, and dedicated people that fight for patient’s lives on a daily basis. I long to have the opportunity to spend quality time with my patients and ease their concerns. Helping people getting better and the community getting healthier is my ultimate goal for becoming a PA.

The most important features of a good nurse are knowledge, compassion and patience. These are the qualities that I have worked to cultivate in my career, first as an LPN and subsequently as an RN with an Associate Degree in Nursing. I have found that compassion, in particular, has been essential in my day-to-day work. While patients will present with an infinite diversity of cultural backgrounds, family circumstances, emotional needs and medical demands, the unifying feature of all patients is their need for a caring and dedicated team of professional caregivers. Even when the emotional rigors, mental taxation and physical exhaustion of the job take their toll, I find that the personal compassion that drives me to help my patients is an energizing force.

In the future, I hope to pursue a career related to the brain, preferably neurology or neurosurgery. My father has led a research project on traumatic brain injuries, and from the start, he informed me on every step. His constant updates kept me engaged and invested in his project, and passionately curious about the brain’s myriad of functions This previous school year, I took AP Psychology, which only furthered my interest in the brain. Each day, I looked forward to that class and routinely spent time reading in depth about many of the topics. I am also very passionate about the medical field which most likely stems from having both parents working in the medical field. A series of classes offered at my school have provided me with the unique opportunity to become a certified nursing assistant at the conclusion of the upcoming school year.

With my career goal is to become a nurse; just not ole any nurse, a great one. My strengths are very important to have. Faith is needed to help get through tough days and to also spiritually help your patients. I feel like whenever you do a task it should be done with integrity. Being a nurse, you have to be strong-minded and also able to heal and comfort mentally, emotionally, and physically, all great signs of a leader. You always have to remember that you can’t always do everything alone. Teamwork is very important in the healthcare field. Each job is important and is connected to one another. Communication is the key to many careers and very important to nursing because you have to build positive relationships with the people and patients around you.

patient disability, prolong hospitalization, and even death are related to falls, invasive procedures and medication administrations. For those reasons, I believe that it is important for a nurse to have a caring heart and great organizational skills in order to keep a patient safe.

Working well with people is an important factor in the nursing career; a nurse must always be respectful to every patient regardless of the situation. Persuasion sometimes has to be used because a patient may not want a certain medication so a nurse must help the person understand that it is what is best for him or her health and their track to recovery. A nurse must always pay close attention to their patients because if problems or concerns come up, a nurse must be the first to notice it.

Even though I have certain qualities that can help prepare for this occupation I still have skills that I need to develop. I need to develop is time management this is an important skill that I need to develope because I need to be prepared for all the need of every patient that I may encounter. According to Every Nurse “patient assessment,documentation, medications to give and procedures to do... ” These are a few of the things that a nurse may typically do but it has to be done because If it is not done I can loose my job. A quality that I have to build is patients. It is required because I am going to have to do many task along the way and I have to know how to have patients even when there are days that life will be hectic. It may be