I decided that I would choose a career in the medical field. I did some research and decided that I would major in medical assisting because I enjoyed help people. I liked the idea of the medical field so much that I took my first job at sixteen as a NA (which is a nursing assistant) in a nursing home. While working there, I helped the residents with their basic daily living such as assisting some of the residents with eating, bathing, making sure that their basic needs were met. So I used that as a stepping stone to begin my decision to go into the medical field.
So the question became do I keep my passion, and will it always pay the bills? Alternatively, do I change career paths and pursue a new career that I know will pay the bills and will always provide for my family? My Journey I knew that I would be a good nurse. I was loving, kind, thoughtful, a good communicator, liked helping people, I was caring, and I also liked math and science. The Journal of Nursing Education states, “researchers found the concepts of caring and nurturance were identified as high motivators for choosing nursing” (Williams, Wertenberger, Hames, Gushuliak, 1997).
The hospital had a hard time retaining employees and one motive for the class was helping new nurses feel more comfortable and helping us have meaningful, fulfilling employment. In this class we learned about a lot of things but we learned about Julia Brenner’s theory and it has always since stayed with me. I now work in the recovery area of a much larger hospital and have worked in several departments. I have gained a lot of great experience and I have seen my growth described by Brenner’s model. Most importantly though, is probably the fact that I borrowed ideas from that class and from Brenner’s model and have instituted parts into the orientation of new staff-members within my current department.
I am highly organized, excellent in communication and customer service skills. I work productively, independently and with little or no supervision. I welcome the opportunity after becoming an License Nurse to help develop and demonstrate professional skills on communication in a patient care environment, while establiblishing characteristics that will balance my knowledge with practical expertise. In my life I want to change to a better stable financial stated, more challenging career, a better future, and continue to help others in a more advanced stage of advancement in my life. 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.
Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse When you hear the word “nurse,” what pops into your head? Do you see them as a caregiver, a person with a caring heart of gold, an empathetic person, a hard-worker? Nurses are all of those; they are always going to be when you need them to take the pain away, they will always be there when you need a helping hand, and they will be there to support you throughout your stay at the hospital. There are so many different type of nurses out there but, one interesting specialty is the neonatal intensive nurse. “Working tirelessly to get him comfortable and stable.
For the past several years I have known almost every detail of what I plan to do after high school. I have always been extremely passionate with helping those in need, and caring for other people. This, and the fact that my mother is a registered nurse, has led me to believe that pursuing a medical degree is what I am meant to do with my life. I have always loved school and always wanted to be important to those around me, and I feel as though being someone who cares whole-heartedly for those who are sick and ill, is a perfect way to express my passion for helping those in need. I came to the conclusion of joining the medical field several years ago after my first serious injury.
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.
Mandy Richard Professor Freeland NU 185 29 February 2012 RN Interview Report I selected the RN for my interview by choosing an RN I know well because I thought her input would be helpful, we knew each other, so we were on a friend basis, as well I felt that by knowing the person I could relate and talk to her more. The setting for the interview was via telephone because she is always busy working since she’s a new nurse and because I’m busy here at school. The RN I interviewed started her education by taking general education classes at St. Charles Community College. She took Anatomy and Physiology, Chemistry, Nutrition, Biology, and some Psychology classes. She said that A&P is very important for a nursing student to grasp because in nursing it never goes away.
Many of these patients have complex conditions and the more education a nurse has in preparation and critical thinking will be better prepared to manage the care of the patients under their care. I was working in a Rehabilitation hospital and during my shift, I had a patient who was doing well. The assessment was completed with nothing exceptional noted. During my charting I also make a habit to read the history report for all my patients as well as labs and other tests that have been done. I read the patient had history of hypertension and diabetes.
and more about What kind of nurse do you want to be? You should Consider all the benefits of professional nursing such as: Personal satisfaction and growth. As a nurse, you will be making a real difference in people's lives every day. No two days are the same, and nursing provides you with knowledge and experience you can use for yourself, your family, and your community, in addition to your patients. Secondly there's Career mobility which means, Once you become a registered nurse (RN), you can take your career in other directions, too.