Public Health Nurse Personal Statement

I want to be a pediatric nurse. I absolutely adore children. I have been a preschool teacher for 4 years while I am continuing my education at Lonestar college to finish my prerequisite and get into nursing school. I desire to not only learn but achieve excellence. I go above and beyond what is required of me. I graduated from Lonestar College Cyfair with honors. I graduated cum laude and proud member of the prestigious Phi Theta Kappa honor society. I also graduated from Lonestar honors college. This is college allowed me to go beyond what I am capable of and set the standard for my academic excellence. The honors college help to broaden my horizon and can perform research that has never been done before. This research was unique to me I did

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.

Born in the then small town of Auburn, Alabama. I was the youngest of two children to Annie and Jesse Reese. Raised in a middle-class family, my parents were both respective social workers in the Lee and Montgomery county area. I speculate that my desire to help others was ultimately inbred in me by my parents as they devoted their lives on a daily basis to improve the lives of others. As I became older, I knew that I wanted to serve others, but it took some time to establish how. I juggled between numerous careers: teacher, lawyer, doctor, however; in my senior year of high school, I discovered where my true passion lied, nursing.

I remember various times of my childhood, helping my little sister with her homework, but pretending that I was the teacher and that she was my student. I used to compile ideas on how to make up tests for her, grade them, get creative in lesson plans, and demonstrate many tactics for her to fully learn her homework subject. When I became a freshman in college, I then realized my passion for the Health Field of Nursing when I got a job as a Residence Assistant/ CNA at a local Assisted Living Facility. Serving others through humbling myself in order to meet those needs of the residents with Alzheimer’s disease, Dementia, and disabilities, impacted my life immensely and taught me the rewards of compassion and selflessness. I formed relationships with those residents that I still ponder on to this day. I would love to combine these passions of Nursing and teaching in my career goals of getting a Master’s Degree in the subject of Pediatrics of Nursing and becoming a Nurse Educator in Pediatrics.

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).

In the corner of the small hospital room stood a shy little girl. “You shouldn't be in here, honey”, my mother said as she nudged me out of the room where my grandfather lay dying. At the time, I couldn't understand the enormity of the situation. Ignorant to what was happening around me, my innocent mind fled with curiosity. The beeping of the machines and the soft quick steps of nurses captivated my attention. I was fascinated with this strange new world. This is the moment that sparked my desire to become someone great; a nurse.

I am a Family Nurse Practitioner Student (FNP) at Frontier Nursing University (FNU). My passion to care for people was evident when I was growing up and I knew I wanted to become a nurse and care for the sick when I cared for my grandmother who was not feeling well. After high school, I started my career as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CAN) and worked with the elderly population which I really enjoyed. I worked as a CNA as I enrolled to school and earned my Associate degree in nursing in 2011. As an RN, I continued to work in a nursing home and rehab facility with the elderly as I decided to pursue my BSN. Upon completion of my BSN I found a job at a hospital in cardiac telemetry heart failure unit where I enjoy working as I care for people.

As a new graduate nurse, I am deeply passionate about starting my nursing career at Desert Regional Medical Center’s Emergency Department or Women and Infants’ Center. Prior to starting nursing school, I took an Emergency Medical Technician course where I had the opportunity to perform my clinical rotations in a Level I Trauma Center and assist in ambulance transports. My interest for working in a fast-paced environment and in unpredictable emergency medical scenarios motivated me to pursue my senior nursing preceptorship in the Emergency Department. During my preceptorship experience at Inland Valley Medical Center, Level II Trauma Center, I performed 120 hours of ED nursing care and safely treated trauma patients across the lifespan. I helped stabilize patients involved in motor vehicle collisions

I wish to be considered for the Los Angeles City College Registered Nursing Program, because I believe that this program will provide me with the techniques and knowledge to excel in patient care and become a successful nurse. I always knew that I wanted to make a difference in people’s lives; after taking a few perquisites for nursing, I found that the science aspect of it piqued my interest. Studying about the functions of the human body, and how the environment, medicine, and genetics affect homeostasis, caused me to develop a passion for nursing. Therefore, I exposed myself to the hospital environment by volunteering in the ICU at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center. My experience in the ICU was motivational and inspiring. I loved walking

I would like to be a Registered Nurse. A Registered Nurse assists in the process of recuperation for different patients that have varying illnesses and diseases. Being a part of that process and making a difference in the patient’s life has always been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember. I feel that Arizona College will assist me in this endeavor the most efficiently.

In Nigeria, I had a first degree in animal science and one year post graduate in Public Administration. I got married at the age of 29 to my husband who was a medical doctor. I became fascinated about what goes on in the hospital and how nurses and doctors related to their patients in a compassionate and patient manner. Since then I started developing interest in nursing. Sometimes I end up helping my husband to prepare food for the patients when they don’t want or like the food served to them at the hospital. I also keep the patients company when I am free. I realized that what some of these patients need is them talking about themselves without them being judged. Just sitting and allowing them to talk is very therapeutic to them.

The roal of public health nursing is to promote and protect the health of the population. This proactive approach does not limit their scope of practice to health concerns of individuals but also to developing and implementing programs and policies that help enhance the health of populations. The role of public health nurses is to focus on population centered care with the outcome of promoting health, preventing disability and disease, and improving the quality of life. An effective public health nurse is able to evaluate assessment data to define population diagnoses and set priorities accordingly. They can also serve as advocates for individuals and families in the population to develop policies, access resources, and protect their

Long-term I hope to get a job as an ED nurse in a hospital that I love and that fits me well. Going along with that my ultimate goal is to be a ED nurse in the Navy. This I believe would allow me to connect to patients in a unique way and have experiences that civilian nurses would not have. Nursing in general is a very demanding profession but, nurses that work in the military see things and go through experiences that ordinary everyday people would usually not go through. "The acceptance of death or serious injury in defense of their country, potential to apply deadly force, intrusiveness of service life in all aspects of their lives, constant readiness posture to deploy and the balancing of often opposing military and nursing demands were

During her time as a visiting nurse, Wald became more aware of community needs for health care. It began as seeing a need for nurses in public schools, and turned into the first public health nursing system with assistance from the New York Board of Health (National Women’s Hall of Fame, 2011, para. 2). Wald then helped start the National Organization of Public Health, and was the first president (National Women’s Hall of Fame, 2011, para. 2). As a pioneer in public health nursing, Wald was able to “create models of public health and social service programs” (Henry Street Settlement, para. 2). She made great contributions to the nursing profession.

This significance of public health nurses had made a major impact on history. They help shift relatively unsanitary living environments, diseases state awareness, health education, school programs for children from little or no existence to full swing participation by the community. Public health nurses in the Henry Street Settlement initiated awareness around the country, bringing rise to thousands more clinics spreading their mission (Buhler-Wilkerson). Despite the challenges the nurses faced, they carried on to care for the sick when the sick could not get care. As time went, it became so the visiting nurses were in demand as chronically ill patients filled the hospitals, leaving less space for critically ill and emergent cases.