Speech Communication SP- 211 424E
Ms. Thompson
General Purpose: To inform
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about my career as a nurse.
Main point 1: I chose labor and delivery nursing as my career because I want to do something that I genuinely enjoy doing daily.
a. My daily activities would include providing care for women who are having pregnancy complications, laboring, or have recently delivered.
Witnessing my cousin give birth was an extremely beautiful experience for me.
This career would also make me feel better as a person to know I was a part of such amazing moment of a women pregnancy.
Main Point 2: I chose labor and delivery nursing as my career because it’s a very large industry.
a. Statistics show that the healthcare industry is at 93%.
b. In 2010, the Affordable Care Act law was signed by president Obama that will give 47 million woman guaranteed access to healthcare by the year of 2014.
c. Choosing this career means that I’m guaranteed to always have a job.
Main Point 3: I chose labor and delivery nursing as my career because the annual salary would be really beneficial for me.
a. The starting salary as staff nurse is around $67,000.
When I get my associate degree in nursing I will be able to work as a staff nurse. Then I would need a Bachelor of Science Certification to work as a labor and delivery nurse. The salary of a labor and delivery nurse starts at 55,000, but with years of experience the salary can go up $70,000 and higher.
b. With this annual pay I could be financially independent.
Along with my career goal, my future goal is to be a mother that can provide financially for my child.
Thesis Statement: Labor and delivery nursing is a career that I genuinely can enjoy, with a very large industry that’s would give me a guaranteed opportunity to earn a beneficial salary consistently.