And to understand different cultures, beliefs, ethics, and attitudes, to endow others with respect, as well with, a loving heart and an open mind. Nursing is the perfect profession for me because it includes all of my strong points and it offers challenges that I would enjoy seeking and accomplishing. Nursing is a career choice that I am passionate about because I am able to touch the lives of those who are suffering and embrace them with compassion. Also, nursing is well respected profession, and for me it is my way of a successful future. It is a career path into establishing a stable financial brace for my descendants.
We all know that nursing is a field that is concerned with helping people, yet I believe that in becoming a nurse, a person needs more than that desire to succeed. It is essential for a nurse to be open, strong, determined, thoughtful and caring. These qualities would reflect on the nurse and would make caring for the patient easier. I believe that I belong to this field because ever since a child I always wanted to make a positive influence in peoples lives. I always felt the need to care for someone since I know that I have the power and the choice to do so.
I have been thinking about changing my career to become a midwife for a few years. Having been working with families as a portrait photographer I heard a lot of stories about birth and how important the role of midwife was. Talking to my close friends and clients about pregnancy and labour I appreciate the importance of being empowered by being listened to, informed and supported throughout a major event in their lives. I believe I could be a good midwife as I am responsible and dependable, caring, intuitive and flexible. I have good communication skills and motivation to work on my own as well as being a strong member of a team.
I have always wanted to be in the nursing field because of the stability and I have a care nature for every just about every living thing. Years ago I have taken the steps in accomplishing in becoming a certified CNA and Phlebotomist where I have always been inspired by my mom who is a retired nurse now and also was a dialysis patient but my mom still had the drive to continue to work as a RN because this is what she loved to do. My mom was eventually through the years of her working as a nurse, she was blessed with a kidney from finally putting her name on the donor’s list in order to complete her compassion as a RN. My mom is doing very well, from time to time my mom does registry. I am currently working as a certified Dialysis tech at Davita Dialysis working in an outpatient setting where I enjoy my work I do
1. Following high school, I desire to pursue a college path to become a neonatal nurse. Helping with sick and premature babies, I would help with the beginning stages of life and contribute to a strong start to a family. I like change and with no two days the same it would never get boring. I do well in an unpredictable environment where I am able to stay busy, manage my time, and prioritize tasks, and the field for neonatal nursing would be a strong fit for me.
I knew before returning to school that it would be hard to accomplish everything but somehow I will find the time to be a great mother as well as a good student. I live paycheck to paycheck to paycheck and I want more for my children and myself. By returning to school, I am able to show my children that it is never too late to go after your dreams. The only thing stopping you is yourself. I want to be an example for my children, so they will see how important a college education is.
After working here for about a year one day one of my female coworkers came up to me and said, “You’re going to be a really awesome nurse.” I hadn’t thought much about going into nursing because I always thought of it as a feminine career path. I’ve looked into it extensively and there are so many options in the nursing field that it would literally take all day to explain them all. Here I am in school now. I finally know what I want to do with my life and I am motivated to reach my final goal. I’m going to be a nurse.
I have done extensive research and I have never given up on becoming one. Being a mother of two, I have learned to have patience which I think is one of the characteristics a great nurse possesses. Nurses have some of the most fulfilling jobs and they require a lot of heart. Being a nurse requires you to be good at connecting on a genuine level with patients. Patients do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.
Fatima Fabia English 105 February 25,2014 Essay #1: Narrative Essay Becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant From a very young age I have always had a caring nature about my family, about myself, about my friends and those that needed help in general. As a little girl I decided very early on that I would want to help people, how would I help people I did not know but I knew some way or somehow I would make a difference in the people I cared for. It wasn’t till I arrived in the United States in October of 2008 is when I see how I achieve this dream of caring for others through the various position within the healthcare industry specifically as a Certified Nursing Assistant. What appealed to me, as a Certified Nursing Assistant was that I was caring for a truly “in need” groups of people. I realized these people having contributed to advancing society and raising their own families and doing their part were now in need of someone helping them.
Her jokingly saying that motivated me to stay focus in school so that I can earn accolades and scholarships with the intention that I wouldn’t be a burden financially. God has blessed me to have a full ride to this school, but knowing that it can be taken away, I will do exceedingly what is expected of me to keep it. Ever since my first patients, it has been a natural instinct to care for people who are sick. My family has a long line of women who were nurses, including my mother, grandmothers, and great grandmother who attended Ole Miss and UMMC. Willingly, I would love to continue this legacy by attending your renowned nursing