Statement of Purpose for Becoming a Pediatric Resident

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

Empathy and caring is an essential part of human health. We love because we can empathize (Szalavitz & Perry, 2010). Empathy underlies everything that makes society work; such as altruism, collaboration, love and charity. Failures to empathize are a key part of social problems, such as crime, violence, war, racism, child abuse and inequity. Although we are genetically predisposed to care for others, the development of empathy requires a lifelong process of relational interaction (Szalavitz & Perry, 2010). More importantly, the first relationship humans experience, the

“The Medicated Child” sheds light on the dangers and risks associated with children who are put on behavioral-modifying medications. These are issues that parents may not take into consideration when attempting to establish a healthy state of mind for their child. It is estimated that five million children in America have been diagnosed with some form of mental illness. Behavioral disorders are on the rise as each year another 20% of children will be diagnosed. (MedWeb, 2015) Whereas parents tend to turn to their child’s doctor for advice, this may produce a biased resolution that could even be fatal. In “The Medicated Child” we listen to parents who live through this nightmare and the doctors that play a major role in their child’s quality of life.

158-159). “In reviewing the literature, the focus was on identifying the impact of parental mental health, the associated risks, the difficulties with the interface working, and proposed solutions” (Duffy et al., 2010, p. 159). Some of concerns expressed for the program to be effective were how mental health and child care services work together, communication between the two, role clarity, and the outcome hoped to be achieved by the development of this program was to provide holistic interventions which could not be provided by just one agency, earlier intervention which was more effective, to decrease staff stress, and to obtain a better outcome for the families involved (Duffy et al.,

¨As our world becomes increasingly interconnected, it is necessary to maintain our principles. We can't allow ourselves to be satisfied with empty gestures that make us feel better about ourselves without eliciting any actual change. Empathy is an important part of the process, but empathy is useless without

These children have been in an unstable environment, which can affect their ability to fully participate in society. Research shows that children have a high rate of physical development and mental health problems. They often have many mental and medical heath problems that are not helped. Pediatricians can serve to help make sure each child’s conditions and needs are

Mental Health is a common topic in all agenda’s in the United States. It is currently looked at broadly across all segments of health; in fact, over the years there have been multiple approaches to addressing the needs of the population affected by lack of mental health or that have prominent mental health disorders. Over the past century the United States has been especially concerned about the mental health problems of our children and youth (Tuma, 1989). Worldwide 10-20% of children and adolescents experience mental disorders (World Health Organization [WHO], 2014). This topic has been so important to the extent that as early as 1909, the white house conference on children recommended new programs to care for mentally disturbed children

I always knew I want to work with pediatric population. During my clinical rotations, I always requested to work with pediatric patients if available. Unfortunately, my nursing instructor who understood this passion and extracurricular activities passed away shortly before graduation. However, that adds to motivation to help continue to help children and their communities. In the first month of clinical rotation at Seattle Children’s, there was a patient’s family who was getting frustrated. After

It was a pleasure meeting you and other members of the internship selection committee. I appreciated the time and effort that was spent in order to become more familiar with my application.

As an evidenced-based practice driven, level three newborn intensive care staff nurse, I found interest in your university as your goals in education align with my current and future aspirations. My goal as a pediatric nurse practitioner is to provide a higher level of care by promoting wellness and disease prevention through patient education. I want to equip future generations with the skills they need to promote lifelong health and wellness. By providing evidenced-based practice in a pediatric outpatient setting, not only will I be able to improve individual patient health outcomes, but sequentially will also improve the communities outcomes.

The fundamental empathy that all people innately have transcends

This profession of pediatric nursing pertains to infants, toddlers, and young adults under the age of 17, that are in need for any type of medical attention during their stages of their childhood. They treat common illnesses like hand, foot, and mouth disease, scarlet fever, and the chicken pox. Their job is to form a relationship with the adolescent and their caregiver to get to know them and how they think. Most children have a fear with seeing doctors because their first thought is they are getting a shot, so they have learned skills to calm them ("Pediatric Nursing"). They help aid the patient’s family in gathering the information on the well-being of their child and inform them on the proper growth of their child. This job allows one to be at a child’s beck and call when they are in need. Although the job of a pediatric nurse has some drawbacks, the benefits, and future of the career make it one of the best positions in the healthcare field.

For one to be considered human, internal growth is necessary; some expansion of existence beyond the body must be present. The development of oneself is perhaps the greatest and most difficult objective that a human will undertake. Many factors contribute to the furthering of one’s development. Perhaps the most significant factor is one’s ability to empathize, one’s ability to understand external concepts and apply them to their own life. It is seeing things from an alternate perspective and reflecting on these events that make empathy so important in the development of self. Due to the magnitude of empathy’s role in the growth of personhood, it can be said that the level to which one’s empathy develops determines whether one fails or succeeds as a person.

Growing up, I had a strong sense of empathy, being able to make connections with my

Neonatology and teaching are very different careers. However, they are both tremendously important to society. Both careers are used to help better the lives of many children. While they both help children, neonatologists and high school math teachers are also both required to have a college education involving mathematics. Neonatologist and teachers are both required to stay up to date with all the new classes and new discoveries as well. Helping children and getting to challenge myself really appeal to me in the sense of personal fulfilment. The main appeal of neonatology is that I would get to help children grow up, live a healthy life and one day achieve their dreams. Neonatology and teaching do have similarities but they also differ in many ways. They differ in the levels of stress the job puts on people. Neonatology is a very stressful career to enter. They also have to very different work environments. A neonatal doctor works in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), sector of a hospital, while teachers work in their classrooms. I would love to have a lower level of stress at work and be able to really connect with my students, but I know that I would be happier in a career that is always changing and will be different every day, like neonatology. Even though both neonatology and teaching have amazing qualities and both would make me happy, neonatology is the best fit for me because of its challenging nature.