Preview

I Want To Pursue My Bachelor's Degree As A Nurse

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
310 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
I Want To Pursue My Bachelor's Degree As A Nurse
“I shall pass through life but once. Any good therefore that I can do, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it. For I shall never pass this way again” When I first entered the field of nursing my main ambition was to master the art of bed side nursing. After completing my bachelors degree in nursing I felt I had been adequately prepared to meet the challenges of hospital nursing. Naive right! My first nursing job was in a surgical intensive care step down unit at Manchester General Hospital. I worked hard, made my fair share of mistakes, and was amazed at how much I learned from my patients and my peers. I learned as much about nursing during those first few years as I learned while in school. I had no idea that I knew only

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    People were struggling to become nurses. As a student applying for the nursing program, I felt like I had to compete with myself to become the best that I could be, to be able to enter the program. But this didn’t discourage me; it made me want to be…

    • 637 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    My desire to pursue a career in health care is greatly influenced by its unlimited opportunities for career development and the desire to impact another person’s life positively. As a kid, I always had a burning desire to become a nurse or a medical doctor but my parents’ influence and their perception of the engineering profession while in Nigeria lured me away. I trained and practiced as a Materials Engineer back in Nigeria, where I worked as a research and development officer for five years. However, coming to the United States created the turning point in my life. I searched for engineering jobs unsuccessfully for many months, and none was forthcoming despite availability of many job openings in nursing and healthcare related fields. In order to confirm my readiness to pursue nursing as a career, I entered a Practical Nursing program at the Wilbur Wright College in Chicago. At this time, I was still driving cab to support myself, while I dropped it completely upon graduation and passing LPN board examination.…

    • 1036 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    I felt as though I knew every face that walked through the hospital doors. I watched as nurses provided passionate care to their patients. However, it wasn’t until members of my own family fell ill that I knew the career path that was meant for me. When my grandfather lay miserable in the hospital bed, I could not help but be touch by the compassionate staff that helped nurse him back to health time and time again. I came to the cessation that I would aid people the same way I feel my father had during his service in the Air Force, but I would do it from a…

    • 637 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Being in the medical field for the past ten years, I have seen the growth and changes in the medical field. When I began my nursing career as a medical assistant, I noticed many other nurses continuing their education to be able to have greater hands on approach in nursing. This opened my eyes to the endless possibilities that a nurse can do, whether it’s with direct patient care or being a resource to patients and other nurses around. After completing my RN in May of 2015, I decided that I really enjoyed being a mentor and teacher to other nurses. That is why I am continuing on with my education in hopes to one day receive my Master’s degree in Nursing and be able to utilize the knowledge and skills that I build, to educate patients. I still…

    • 474 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    However, one day in the hospital something hit me. I noticed how I felt a sense of comfort at the hospital I didn’t get that eerie feeling I had at school. At the hospital I felt a sense of comfort because nurses would always be there to support me. That’s when I realized that I was meant to be in the hospital not as a patient, but as a nurse. So that’s what I was determined to achieve.…

    • 735 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    For the longest time, I have known that I want to be a Nurse Practitioner. As a young kid I, would play doctor and take care of my siblings or toys and just look after them, it was not until I was in High School when I actually discovered what I wanted to do as a career. I started volunteering at our hospital Marian Regional Medical Center, where my eyes opened to the idea of actually working in the healthcare industry. My time volunteering I had acquired some knowledge of what a Registered Nurse did, I volunteered on the ICU and CCU (Intensive Care Unit, and Critical Care Unit), Med Serg., Emergency Room, Wellness and Rehabilitation Center, and Labor and Delivery floor; where I would do little task like change linen sheets, complete and make…

    • 797 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    We as nurses need to do more than show up to work; we must stay current in the healthcare industry and up to date with newest developments, care plans and technology, so that we can maintain on-going success as nurses and give our patients the best care. In being a nurse, I very much believe that education does not end when you graduate, but continues each day and through-out your career. I see myself becoming better and learning each day by being on various committees at the hospital I am working at, attending staff meetings, and being an active leader. I believe this is important not only in a hospital setting, but outside as…

    • 1094 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    I have had the opportunity to receive great encouragement from people in my life. This has led me to where I am today, which is the desire to become a medical assistant in a children’s hospital. Ever since I was a young girl, I have been interested in anything that is medical related. This goes from playing doctor to my dolls and friends, to becoming a certified nurse’s aide (CNA) at the age of 18. My mother is working towards her goal of becoming a registered nurse after overcoming breast cancer. I also have a cousin and a couple of aunts who are nurses whom I look to whenever I get frustrated with achieving my goal. When taking…

    • 730 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Political and economic factors were primarily responsible for bringing about western imperialism in Africa and Asia. While social factors were important, money and power were primarily at the root. The Berlin Conference was a meeting of major European powers with the express purpose of divvying up the African continent so that they, the Europeans, could make a major profit and gain new territories. This then opened new markets for trade for European manufacturers, who were already experiencing the problem of making more than Europeans could consume; new markets were needed. The addition of territory provided not only those new markets but raw materials for which to fuel growth in those new markets. It was a heavy mix of politics and economics that drove Imperial growth.…

    • 628 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    I have always been the type of person to put my best efforts first, especially when it comes to helping other people. Since always feeling the need to help other people, I plan to pursue a career in healthcare and I dream of becoming a registered nurse to fulfill my desires to help people. Currently, I am striving to finish my prerequisite before I apply to Cecil's nursing program in the fall of 2017. During nursing school, I plan to continue working in the hospital environment of Upper Chesapeake Medical Center to be involved in a healthcare atmosphere. I find that being at the hospital provides myself with inspiration to excel in my academics. I take my current classes seriously since they are required and necessary to improve my knowledge…

    • 556 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    For me, choosing to be a part of the nursing profession was not as easy as it may have been for others. I am not the daughter or granddaughter of a nurse. My mother was a single unemployed woman for most of my life. I knew I wanted to walk my own path, but I wasn’t certain what that was. When I entered the workforce, I didn’t follow my dreams; I simply followed familiar steps. For many years I wanted to pursue a career in the medical field, but responsibilities held me back. I realized while I may be very good at what I was doing, I was not following my heart.…

    • 524 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Nursing is a profession where people are brought together, usually at a time of vulnerability. Nurses, like the patients they care for, are constantly facing challenges, yet for nurses those challenges are often directed at their academic and skill capabilities. Due to individual and general population health needs changing, our health care system is consistently expanding, and it is necessary that nurses know more and be effectively trained to provide care in a revolutionized organization. A modest, but expanding, amount of hospitals are requiring all newly graduated nurses to have a bachelor’s degree in nursing or higher at the time of hire and indicators are that many more hospitals will require the same in years soon to come (ANA, 2013).…

    • 1616 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Personal Ethics

    • 827 Words
    • 4 Pages

    For as long as I can remember I have always wanted to be a registered nurse. I come from a family where wearing scrubs has always been the normal work attire. My mother has been a registered nurse at a highly accredited oncology hospital for over twenty-five years, and my father a pharmacist for about twenty. I have aunts who are nurses and uncles who are doctors. For me, the health care profession always just seemed to be my future. When I first began my actual nursing journey I was worried that I had possibly chosen the profession simply because it was so common in my family, and that I never even really considered any other career. Luckily for me, my first day of clinical in “Introduction to Nursing” sealed the deal. It wasn’t the environment, the schedule, or even the salary that lead me to feel confident that I had chosen the right career path for myself. Instead, it was the overwhelming sense of joy and fulfillment that I felt when I saw how my care and compassion could help another individual during a time of need.…

    • 827 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    I have always maintained that one of the most difficult things I have ever done in my life was obtain my Associate’s Degree in Nursing. It was a vigorous and competitive program in which I found myself sometimes laughing and crying at the same time. I have always been pretty realistic about life, not too much of a dreamer, no delusions of grandeur, and never an anticipator of special treatment. My parents were old school, always taught us kids that we should expect to receive back only what we put into something; hard work always pays off. When I began my academic journey, late into my thirties, I was nervous about how I would measure up to the younger students, I mean, they were pretty used to going to school so they were already sort of…

    • 923 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    I technically “finished” high school and now I’m taking a vocational nursing class. In my practical nursing class, I’ve learned many skills and techniques, but not only to use in the clinical setting, but in my daily life. As a matter of fact, I believe I learned more about myself while in this class than I learned in my whole life. For instance, I learned that I am a huge procrastinator. This class has taught me how to prioritize and problem solve. For example, I know I have a huge test coming up and homecoming happens to be right around the corner. So, what do I do? I could go get my groove on at homecoming and evidently fail may nursing test; or I could sit home, be a nerd, and lose out on my last high school homecoming dance. But wait, hold on, what about option three? Option three is that I first, take pictures of the chapter so I could study while doing my hair and nails, then I actually complete my work before the actual due date, and final enjoy myself at homecoming, worry free. It is important to remember that, my former self wouldn’t have been able to see the gray area I just created; I would’ve only seen black and white. With this in mind, I truly believe that nursing has changed the way I’ve thought about things.…

    • 414 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays