Why I Want To Be A Registered Nurse

My career choice is to be a registered nurse. I would like to be a registered nurse because the career will continue to grow every year. I love helping people, so that’s why I think this will be a great job for me. In my essay I will be explaining a registered nurse and all the details that go with it. “It takes a very strong, intelligent, and compassionate person to take on the ills of the world with passion and purpose, and work to maintain the health and well-being of the planet. No wonder we’re exhausted at the end of the day!”(Cardillo 1). Here’s some reasons why you should become a registered nurse! Nursing profession is continuously growing every year. You can also find that you can personally grow from this. A big part of why I would
Also the health care is always changing and adding new things to make things easier. Most hospitals let you have flexible hours and being able to have a life outside of work. The healthcare profession has tons of benefits, including, dental, prescriptions and vision care, and also disability, liability, and retirement. And lastly if you would need to go back to college for any such reason they would help pay. First, the duties of a registered nurse are fairly simple. But “not all RNs perform the same duties because their responsibilities often depend on several factors such as work setting, training, education, experience, and specialty. However, there are many tasks that fall under an RN’s basic scope of practice and that are universal for all RNs” (Graduatednursingedu). As a nurse you’ll take the patient’s medical histories and symptoms. You’ll give the patient all their medicines and also treat them for the disease or illness. A nurse will also help the doctor set up plans for the patients and record the observations. A registered nurse should have good communication skills because he/she will have to
A nursing education will consist of anatomy, physiology, microbiology, chemistry, nutrition, psychology and some other behavioral sciences. What I would like to take is a BSN program. A BSN program will more than likely take up to 4 years. You can take other programs such as ADN and diploma. Those” usually take 2 to 3 years to complete” (BLS 1). With all of those programs you will have to take supervised clinical experience. I will be attending the Kokomo Career Center. There I will be taking a anatomy, physiology, microbiology and a health education class. With the career center I can get some dual college credits. I will attend Indiana University of Kokomo. There I will get my bachelor’s degree. Every state requires you to have a nursing license. So you will have to pass an approved nursing program and in addition to that the National Council Licensure Examination. Being a nurse isn’t easy and there are some important qualities most registered nurses should have. “Critical- thinking skills, communication skills, compassion, detail oriented, emotional stability, organizational skills, and physical stamina” (BLS 1). Once you graduate from college you can’t go in and just be a registered nurse, most nurse will become a staff nurse. Then with experience and good performance you can be