My Nursing Career

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I was admitted to a surgical intensive care unit in India when I was 15 years old for an inflamed appendix. I was so amused by the way the nurses took care of me and the other patients over there during my 3 days stay in that ICU and in my heart I decided I want to be a nurse. My brother went for nursing first in our home and all his explanations about nursing care, the surgeries, and case scenarios fascinated me to pursue my dream. I followed him and my younger sister followed me to become a nurse. The financial conditions of my home did not allow me to go for a bachelor’s degree at that time as it was very expensive as we all were in nursing school at the same time. So I decided to go for my Associate Degree first and then move on. Marriage, relocation to USA, kids and so forth and on, pushed my BSN degree this far.
Although being a nursing student was a bit of a challenge, the strong determination in my mind pulled me through the course .I loved the neuro- surgical /trauma ICU the best during my clinical rotations. So soon after my graduation, the hospital gave me the choice to decide where I would like to work and I decided to go for neurosurgery.
I worked in the Neuro- surgical trauma ICU of a super specialty hospital in Bangalore, India, for almost 4 years. My first 4 years over there made me a very strong. I have seen many lives fade away. I realized how short life is and how thankful we have to be each day of our lives being healthy. During those years I have seen many of my friends go abroad to London, Ireland, the Arab countries etc. I always aimed in settling in USA and from then on I worked on coming to United States of America. I did all my exams required to come over to USA and when the time was right I got a job offer in Connecticut.
I was married by then and we moved to Connecticut. I started as a Medical Surgical Nurse and then moved to

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