“What surprises me the most is that I love it as much as I do,” Liz told me. Today, Liz is the nurse manager of a neuroscience unit in a hospital, but for a while, she had no idea what she wanted to do. Nursing was a possibility here and there, but it never struck her as something she could be good at until her twenties, when her son was born. Looking back, Liz remembers all of the struggles she has had along the way, but recognizes that each one has only brought her closer to where she wants to be. Every day on the job may be stressful, but every one gives her another reason to love what she does. It is the challenges she has faced in her profession that motivate her to be the best nurse she can be.
If you asked Liz twenty years ago what she would be doing now, nursing would not have been her answer. While her mother always encouraged her to become a registered nurse, Liz never thought the day would come. Prior to nursing, Liz worked various jobs in multiple different doctors’ offices, never quite knowing what it was she really wanted to do. While her mother continued to promote nursing school, Liz pushed the idea aside until after she had a son. As she watched him grow up, she began to think that maybe her mom was right. As a mother, she learned so many new things about taking care of people that she had never known before. She became confident in her ability to help people, and she looked further into the field of nursing. Liz talked all about it with her close friend who
One thing that makes nursing a good career is the difference that I can make in someone’s life. Although it requires commitment and dedication, nursing is one of the most rewarding professions. It’s about caring, listening, thinking, organizing, and leading. Nurses make a difference in their patient’s lives by providing hands on care and assisting complete strangers in leading a healthier life. The warm feeling of ‘helping others out,’ giving back to the community, and influencing the success of nationwide healthcare makes nursing an intrinsically rewarding career field to pursue. Nurses are helping patients and families during their intimate times of need.
Caring for others has always been a passion of mine, and becoming a nurse has always been my dream. While my dream has turned reality, I can say that nursing has blessed me with the opportunity to not only be a servant to those in my community, but it has also allowed me to be of some comfort to patients and their loved ones during their darkest and most vulnerable moments. Nursing offers a variety of opportunities, where the only restrictions are the ones we set for ourselves. As for myself, all things are possible, for if I want it, I strongly believe it’s already mine. The depths that I will go to reach the latitude of success that I so desire is boundless.
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 did not dream about becoming a nurse. I graduated from high school with honors and was planning to go to law school. However, several months later, my life drastically changed. Unexpectedly, my beloved mother was diagnosed with stage II ovarian cancer. Spending countless days and nights by her side at the hospital made me recognize how significant and life-saving her care was. Nurses were highly skilled professionals who worked together to provide essential care for my mother, give immense support and encouragement, ensure that her treatment would be delivered timely, promptly assess and address her physical and emotional needs and manage her distressing symptoms.
AANN has chapters located in all 50 states which offer local chapters you may join. For example, The Northeast Florida chapter meets every third Tuesday of the month to talk about numerous neurologic related topics and has its own membership dues as well (Northeast Florida American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, nd).
My love for nursing began early in my life; in high school, my continuing desire to become a nurse resulted in my applying and being accepted to Midwestern State University. There, I received a BSN and became a registered nurse. My experience at Midwestern prepared me for a successful career by instilling confidence within me as I joined the workforce. As my experience grew and years went by, I became eager to further my education and pursue my master's degree. Then life happened: the two-legged version that requires love, compassion, energy, and time. Now that my child is in school, with the support of my family, I am ready and dedicated to become a family nurse practitioner.
Nursing is an excellent career choice, where an individual acquires great gratitude while attending to others necessities. If someone is constantly trying to improve themselves and wanting to be challenged in life, “as nurses, we face tremendous challenges and often see and do things that are extraordinary” (Ulrich xix). By becoming a registered nurse the individual will make a difference. Nursing allows an individual to continuously be benefiting a fellow human being, not only with the patient but with their families as well, having the opportunity to becoming someone especial in the patient’s life. Nursing is a
After more than a decade in his second career, aging registered nurse John Noble “knew as I got older, bedside nursing would potentially get harder.” He knew he eventually would need to move away from the bedside and took advantage of the hospital paying for further education. He chose a Master’s degree as a Nurse Practitioner (NP) as it allowed him the flexibility to decide during school if we wanted to go into management, teaching, or become a practicing NP. In school he really liked the NP role, and the rest is history.
From the interview with Ms. Lakesha Carter, I have come to the conclusion that I would enjoy being a nurse for multiple reasons. The job of nurse can range from helping patients to and from their rooms to feeding and tending to their everyday needs. I have also come to understand that nursing is not just a job where you just help elderly people all day. A nurse is a lifeline for patients who range from the stages of an unborn child to an elderly person. Nurses help people who are in need for some help throughout the day. Ms. Carter made it clear that this job is not easy and should always be taken seriously. This interview affected my career choice by making it clearer that I would do a great job as a nurse. I am capable to help better the
A combination of these experiences and his educational background of a Diploma in Nursing, a Bachelor’s degree in Health Care Management and a Masters in Corporate and Public Communication inspired my curiosity on understanding what sparked Amber’s will to be such an all-around person in the nursing profession. Amber said “to grow, one has to be willing to work hard. Nursing is beyond a gentle touch.” This phrase gave me the understanding that nursing requires considerate exposure to all the life aspects. With that understanding, one can treat patients and fellow medical professionals well. One gets to understand everything that affects their professional life, and life outside the workspace.
While deciding on the career that I wanted to pursue for the rest of my life, I began looking at job availability and job security. Nursing fulfills both criteria as it is a job that is in high demand and will always be needed in the world, especially in hospitals and nursing care facilities such as nursing homes or rehabilitation centers. One thing that inspired me to become a nurse is that fact that my mother is a nurse. She has always been employed and has had the opportunity to see the functionality of nursing at many different levels and job settings. Always feeling secure about a career choice is something that I value deeply because it ensures me that I will always be able to find a way to provide for myself and my future family.
In order to learn more in depth about the characteristics that make up a successful nurse, I interviewed my female aunt who is a working, registered nurse in Arizona at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. She is forty-six years old and has been a registered nurse for the past seventeen years after graduating with an associate’s degree. My aunt has had the pleasure of working and gaining experience in the areas of pediatrics, as well as in labor and delivery nursing. Just like my aunt, I have always had a passion for children and babies and would like to see myself working in similar areas someday. Although, I am open minded about broadening my nursing abilities and gaining experience from multiple different areas of nursing. Branching out into different
My whole life I have always wanted to do something where people will remember me. I went threw millions of career choices before I came to the conclusion of a nurse. It’s not something that will get me into History books, but its something where all the people I help will remember what I did to care for them or their loved ones. My mom went to school to become and RN, but dropped out when she became pregnant with me. After that story was told to me, I didn’t want to be anything related to nursing. It wasn’t until my step mom went to school to be LPN that I realized it would be possible for me to do. I saw how much happiness it gave her, and I want the same thing. She loved helping the patients by treating them, and helping their families
Neuroscience nursing is a challenging and rewarding nursing career path. Neuroscience nursing provides care for clients with a multitude of physical, behavioural, cognitive, and emotional needs. Our endeavour is to care for the brain and nervous system, an area of exploration in which new knowledge and understanding are growing every day. Every single day presents new challenges and new learning opportunities for neurosciences nurses.
In life it is hard to know if the career chosen is the perfect fit. How does one know if he or she is going towards the right profession? Once I learned more about nursing and became a CNA I knew nursing was a good fit for myself. In this paper I will first, explain what brought me to the nursing profession then, the values of nursing and how they relate to my personal values and lastly, my personal goals and how they relate to nursing.