My Goals Of Becoming A Nurse

Becoming a nurse is always something I have wanted to become since I was a little girl but I knew it wasn't just going to take a blink of an eye to do so, it would take a lot more than that. I also knew that I would like to start my career young, so I have time to further my education. People say it takes a certain type of person to go into healthcare field, especially into nursing. To reach my goal I know it will take a lot of school, studying, and valuable time.

The first step to reaching my goal was becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant. I had been thinking about taking this class since I was 16, but never had time to take it. This past summer I finally had the time and courage to take it.

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My mom, Mikayla and I went to Southeast Community College to register. I was already nervous at this time and just looking at the class book, and skills sheet made me freak out inside a little bit. It takes a lot of undivided time, put into studying and practicing all of the skills so you know what to do if you're put into that type of situation. The class was 8am to 4 pm everyday for 3 weeks. That was 3 weeks out of my summer that I gave up to take the class. Waking up early to go to class all day long was exhausting. I would come home and spend the rest of the night studying, and then do the same thing the next day. All of my tests I was super prepared for, due to studying all day and night. I got consistent 100 percents, I was very proud of myself.

Multiple long weeks went by, and it was time to do my state testing. I was way too nervous. I went to bed having butterflies and woke up the exact same way. I knew that I would do okay on the written test, but the skills is what was getting to me since they test so strictly. I got to the classroom which at this point I was super nervous I was sweating. 8:00 came which meant it was time to test. An hour time limit passed, and we waited for our grade. I waited nervously to get back my test. Only missing 2 I had passed the written state test! Now onto the skills test. I was sweating like a pig, being very anxious to take the skills

I was even more sweaty now, I could feel my pants stuck to my legs. I had 5 skills which consisted of washing hands, putting on and taking off gloves, a complete bed bath, dressing and undressing a resident, and making a bed while a resident was in it. They tester had a paper with each skill and all the steps, she watched you test and make sure you hit every point. You had to hit all of the critical points to pass, nd could only miss a certain number of steps. I began to start with the hardest to get them out of the way. I finally got through all of the tests, which felt like it took forever, missing zero. When she told me, I was wayyyyy to