Why I Chose Nursing

You may have heard the phrase “I've always wanted to become nurse “ a lot, right? Well for me it's a little different. Meaning, waking up and knowing that I wanted to be a nurse isn't actually how it came to be. As a young girl I've always had a passion for helping others, however, I didn't particularly know how I wanted to help. At the time, all that I had known was that I wanted to go beyond the everyday staple of lending a helping hand. Nonetheless, after countless hours spent in hospitals, I was able to choose a career in nursing, which later developed into, my purpose in life.

When I was young and carefree, I remember being rushed to the hospital by my parents because of an acquired gash that ran across the anterior side of my knee. After arriving, I remember being assured by the attending female nurse that I “was going to be just fine.” Within a few moments, after being
My grandfather of 75 years had been diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma, a type of skin cancer. It's something about the word cancer itself that makes you feel unable to help the situation, but that's not true and my grandfather's nurses seemed to think otherwise as well. With that, I very much believed that he would fight his cancer into remission, despite the ongoing battles with immunotherapy. However, with much love and care, provided by his hospice nurses and family, he passed on December 3, 2017. Taken away from his battle with cancer, I've learned the importance of going after what you want in life because no one is guaranteed tomorrow. Every step that is made towards my future will be met with 110 percent. My dad always told me that “If you can't give it your all, then you absolutely cannot give it your best.” Therefore, while in nursing school I plan on doing all that I can to be the best because for me there is no “Plan B”, I have never wanted anything more than to become a