Nursing Reflection Essay

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Professional Nursing Reflection Amber N. Ratcliff University of Wyoming My main goal in life has always been to do something great, to make an impact on this world and to be a role model for others. I have always been eager to help. I have been a caregiver for as long as I can remember, being the oldest of 5 children. I remember as a child receiving a donation request in the mail with a picture of an orphan from some third world country. I clipped the picture and saved it. I promised myself that I would help ‘her’ someday. There was a time in my life when all of my goals and aspirations felt unattainable. At that time I began to redirect my efforts to caring for my family. As a young parent, I decided if I could not make a positive impact on this world myself, I could be a positive influence for my children. I would raise them to become compassionate, caring, productive members of society. I was expecting my impact on the world to be through the achievements of my children and not of my own. This was my new life goal. Until the question arose, “How can I be a positive influence for my children if I have given up on the goals I had set for myself?” I could not. After coming to this realization, I began to idealize who it was I wanted to be. At this time in my life, becoming a nurse had never crossed my mind. Circumstances led me to nursing school at the age of 25 years old with three young children. It is ironic how many times I heard “I always knew you were going to be a nurse,” from all of my family and friends when I had never even considered nursing as a career. Is it possible that my upbringing had been molding me to become the nurse I am today all along? I think so. Professional Identity Currently, I am the night Charge Nurse on an acute Oncology floor. I have grown from the nervous self-conscious graduate nurse to the leader of my team in nearly 3

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