Personal Statement : Becoming 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.

A little about myself, I am from Sugar Land, TX, and I am the first in my family to graduate high school and attend a university. What led me to pursue a career in nursing was my youngest sister. She was born prematurely and with several health issues that would affect her for the rest of her life. She spent half of her childhood coming in and out from Texas Children’s Hospital, so I grew up surrounded by nurses. Witnessign those nurses help my sister get her to where she is now inspired me to choose a path that wold allow me to do the same for other children.

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.

The theory is explained on the idea that the increased comfort of a patient or their family, the more they are ready to accept and react to the treatment plan. The theory can also be applied to the nursing profession in the sense that

I would like to pursue a career as a Registered Nurse because I like to work with all types of people. When you become a registered nurse your job will be to arrange patient care. Also to educate the patient and the public about health conditions such as contagious viruses and diseases. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2014, 2,751,000 people got jobs as registered nurses. Also according to Bureau of Labor Statistics between 2014-2024 the amount of jobs as registered nurses will grow 16% faster than average. I am choosing registered nurse as my career goal because I am passionate when it comes to helping people.

Even with GHS being a competitive healthcare delivery system committed to medical excellence through clinical care, education, and research, I believe I have much to offer to your company. I am writing this letter in regards to my interest in the registered nurse position available at GMMC Subacute Unit that I applied for on the website, Indeed. I am a hardworking candidate with the skills and concepts required to contribute to the patient care at your healthcare facility.

As nurses we all bring our own values and beliefs to the job whether or not we intend to, it happens. I place large amounts of value on family and friends. These are the people you can call on for support. I know that without the support of my mom helping me with my kids and my house work there is no way I could be in the nursing program. Family is often a place when as children we learn and develop our values and beliefs. Giving this deeper thought I can see how this is true for myself. When working with B I would often think about what it would be like to be raised in an unstable environment by a mother who struggles with mental health and addictions. B was often placed in respite foster homes. I found myself thinking about what it would be like to sit down to meal with a strange family how awkward would he have felt. Building on this making connections with people is very important to me. Once I was able to build a connection with B I was able to work with him in a more cohesive way. Making that convection helps to build trust, positive relationships are built on trust. Being a good listener is a skill that I value as a nurse. Not only do I value being a good listener but I also value being heard. I value you a person 's ability to do what they say they are going to do. If you tell a patient that you will return to check in with them in 30 minutes than you need to be sure that you keep your word. When working with clients it is import to me to build on

Do you think being a RN is more than just a job or career goal? To me being a nurse is a calling or a way to help other people! I love being able to help other people and make them smile while doing it. I want to become a nurse because I love helping others, I would really love to make a difference in people's lives, and I really want to make enough money to help my family.

Since my work experience in an educational environment I have developed a passion for working with children. From working as a teaching assistant in an additional needs school I have been able to work closely with various students, some of which having profound and multiple learning difficulties, I have been fortunate enough to see the work of nurses and medical professionals who care for these children. This has inspired me to pursue a future in the nursing sector. Thanks to my work I have been able to see the small and big developments that each child is able to make.

I discovered my obsession with newborns quickly, I loved to hold and care for them. I knew that I wanted to be in a hospital setting taking care of newborns, but I didn't know the exact name of the health care workers in that position. Once, I pointed to the lady carrying my newborn baby brother into the nursery, saying “I want to be that”. Later I did some research and learned about neonatal nurses and I stuck with that. That's what I want to be in five years. Becoming a nurse is more of an inspiration than an interest, growing up I saw my aunts as nurses. I knew what I wanted to be early.

The experience that inspired me to choose the nursing field was my implication in the rescue team during the war in Ivory Coast in West Africa. As the political unrest was destroying the population, several volunteer students and teachers, including me, were chosen to help the Red Cross medical staff in their mission of helping and caring for the wounded population. Since then, this experience has become a great factor of motivation, while pushing my path to the professional healthcare world.

Choosing a career can be difficult, but it take time to make the right choice. I have made the decision to become a registered nurse. On this journey I know it’s going take commitment, hard work, and maybe some tears. When I tell people what I’m going to school for that ask me “ Is that really what u want to do”, my answer “Yes”. Every since I was in high school I have dreamt of becoming a nurse. I have conducted an interview with Kim McPherson (RN) to get a better understanding what a nursing career has in stored for me. Mrs. Kim McPherson is an full time instructor for nurse adie at Southeastern Community College. Before doing this interview, I always thought having a nursing job would be easy because nurses really don’t interact with the patients only when it time to give them their medicine. Once I became a certified nursing assistant, I was completely wrong. Nurses has some responsibilities such as making the right judgment calls, giving medicine on time, safe environment. I asked Mrs. McPherson a question about having a nursing career.

My volunteer experience, at the hospital, gave me the initial inspiration to become a nurse. In addition to my scientific interests, I’ve always been drawn to care for and motivate others. During my volunteering work in Tashkent hospital, I realised how much I enjoy socialising with people, caring for them and making a positive impact in their lives. My roles included talking patients, running errands for nursing staff and observing clinical care. Assisting the staff in many procedures and reassuring the patients made this volunteer experience my most satisfying yet.

As a child, I used to dream to help people because back in my country I saw many sick children’s who they live in the streets and didn’t have a place to stay when I saw that I decide to become a nurse because the career of nursing they paid well and I could afford to travel to difference places . On top of that I was always fascinated by the amount the respect and power they get from helping people and kids. But one of the most important reason to become a nurse was my mom, she died in a battle with cancer. lastly, I know by becoming a nurse, I will get stressed, but it doesn’t matter because I took a class with professor mike in psychology and I learned how to master stress and how to apply the technique’s in order to relieve stress but I also learned stress is good for a person because it’s part of being human.

After my coach read my autobiography, she pulled me to the side and asked me "why do you want to do nursing? I see you being a social worker." I remembered looking at her and then I began to think about my grandmother and all the awesome work she did while I was growing up. I just knew that I didn’t want to disappoint my parents so I still chose to pursue nursing first for my undergrad degree.