Pursuing A Stressful Career

At 17 years old, I had the grueling task of deciding how I wanted to spend 40 plus years of my life. I always aspired to land a career in the medical field, so I majored in biology like most pre-med hopefuls, but during my junior year, I no longer desired to become a physician. The medical field was calling out to me, but the specialty of focus was incorrect. After graduation, I went back to the basics and put my nursing assistant certification to use.

Let’s start off by saying I knew it. I have learned, I am meant to be in the health field. I scored very high in the health area of the career questionnaire. I made a choice in my high school years, to pursue a career in the medical field. In 2013 I became a Certified Nursing Assistant, then in 2015 I started to work at Pocola Health and Rehab, and I love every moment that I am there. Nonetheless, I want to become a Registered Nurse. During my questionnaire, I learned that it is a very well paying career. That’s important, but in my heart, it is very awarding to help people. I strive to do better, for me and my family and that is my goal.

For me nursing was not something that I initially intended to do as a career. During elementary school and into high school I contemplated many different career paths such as cosmetology, teaching, psychology, and forensics. It was not till the later years of high school that I started to notice my desire to help other individuals and love of science, health, and different disease processes. My desire to help people has originated from the admiration of my grandfather’s

Growing up I knew I wanted a career where I can help people. I was undecided whether that would be in the form of caring for people or helping teach key stage 1. I thought I would enjoy becoming a nurse so started an access to higher education course in health care. Once attending university open days and finding out the unsociable hours and weeks away, I knew this is not the career path that I want to go for. As a mother, I want to be around and involved with my children.

I faced a challenging situation when I had to make a decision of whether to take on a job or quit pursuing for my degree in nursing. The obstacles involved funding and taking care of my young child. However, I decided to stick to the task because I know that after completing my studies I will be better able to take care of my family and be an advocate for people who are ill and helpless.

Joining sides with the nurse, my family drilled the idea of nursing into my brain. Nursing and forfeiting my plan seemed to become a necessity for a successful life. After hearing people tell me what I should do, I eventually started to agree with them. The actions of my family along with the way it affected me could compare to when someone tells a lie enough times, they'll believe it to be true. I never believed I wanted to be something more than I did at that

My decision to be a nurse started unknowingly when I was a child. My earliest memories of my mother involve her poor health and me being her caretaker. She was sick my whole life with mental health issues and Lupus. I was never sure how my mom was going to feel day to day. I loved my mother, but as her health declined, her depression was getting worse and this lead to a pretty miserable childhood. I remember some of the worst moments as a teenager were talking my mom out of killing herself or trying to wake her up after taking too many pills. My mom passes away when I was in LVN school I knew my life experience and pain would be the key to my nursing career. I now work in mental health and can’t wait to get my RN to help more people and families.

As a young child, I was always drawn towards the field of health care. I remember reading about the many options that are held within it and wondering what path it would lead me on. Neonatal nursing was something that always came into my mind, but it was often pushed to the side by people and teachers who thought I should become a pediatrician instead. This became a real struggle for me, but as I grew up and began researching and exploring the health care field I came to a decision for myself. I came to the realization that everyone was wrong. I didn’t want to be a doctor at all. This sudden burst of independence from what everyone else wanted was the first step to reaching my end goal. Along with this, an accelerated education, volunteer

What circumstances or events in your life have led you to choose nursing as a career?

Personal Statement Since the age of fourteen, I was convinced that I wanted to be a nurse, traveling the world, helping individuals who were not receiving adequate health care. It was not until years later and when I began considering changing my career. I was in the process of transferring from my local community college to a university and I really began reflected on whether or not if my heart was in Nursing.

Nursing is an exhilarating career that involves medicine and still allows someone to have a family, to have a life. The thought of studying a profession in the medical field has appealed to me since I was a young child. As I got older, I realized that studying medicine is very rigorous and to be a surgeon, my original goal, would equate to me working all day almost every day for years straight. At that point I was crestfallen, I had dreamed of studying medicine from early adolescence but I would lose what is most crucial to me, time with my family. My family is not very large, but it is very close knit. It was in the presence of my family that I realized nursing may very well be the choice for me to study. During my time in high school, I have

My interest and fascination in nursing dates back to when I was in the hospital for my grandparents. Despite the fact that I was there as a supportive family member, I found myself watching the nurses in action, assisting both the patient and my family. This was the first time I realized that I wanted to be a nurse, the person who was so dedicated in caring for my grandparents. Ever since that moment in the hospital, I knew nursing would be the career meant for me.

I have always wanted to be a nurse. I can recall at a young age, after reading about the Crimean war telling my mother about it and her reply “why be a nurse, you could be a doctor”. This is statement always remains in the back of my mind when I think of my calling and profession and I always think of my reply— “I don’t want to be a doctor mom, I want to be a nurse”

Working in the medical field has been my dream ever since I was in middle school. I realized nursing was the profession for me when my grandfather became very sick with lung cancer during my freshman year of high school. It puzzled me that one of the healthiest and most physically active people I knew could be afflicted by such a damaging disease. After watching the suffering my grandfather had to experience and pain my entire family felt from his death, I knew I wanted to go into a field to help others that are faced with the same challenges.

I decided to go into nursing when my family had almost lost my father about 6 years ago. My dad had gotten very sick and had been going to countless doctors and not one had a clue why he was getting so ill. He was diagnosed with the worse type of pneumonia and doctors had told us there is not much more they could do for him anymore and this is in God’s hands now. A nurse that had been treating my dad had taken a special interest in my family. The nurse was doing research to try to find some medication that could help him and she saved his life. She took the extra mile to help my dad and my family and without her who knows if my dad would even be with us today. This nurse had inspired me to want to help and treat people the way she did with my dad. The type of nurse I want to be is an ICU (intensive care unit) nurse. I think I am a good fit for this job because I love science and the study of the human body. I want to go into nursing so I can get up every day and be happy about going to work.