Pursuing Nursing: Why I Want To Become A Nurse

The only limits in life are the ones you make. Therefore, it is important to defy them and allow myself to live a bigger life and step into the role of I am meant to be. I love being a nurse. Nursing has done a great job in bringing out the best qualities in me that I thought did not exists: empathy, intuition, creativity, passion and the desire to learn throughout my career. As a registered nurse at an acute hospital, I know that nursing is more than the basic science behind the illness.

Working in the medical field has proven to be more of a reward than a task. It has enabled me with v... ... middle of paper ... ... step by step, mindful of others, flexible, yet enduring until the goal is achieved. It is with this tenacity and sense of purpose that I will apply myself to the MSN degree program at Metro State University. Patients are able to receive the best care if the nurses are able to pay thorough attention to each and every patient. Therefore, because of the shortage of nurses, nursing will provide me a plethora of chances to interact with patients in order to offer them my undivided attention and caring assistance.

Everyone has that one nurse that makes your hospital experience good or bad. When going into the nursing field in my opinion, there is always that one nurse that has made an impact on your life even if it is something so small, it helped you decide on your nursing career. I feel like the definition of a good nurse is understanding: someone who can be flexible, someone who has very good patience, and someone who can react with patients in a positive way. I have always had the desire to be a nurse since I was little and this is something I know I can achieve. The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast my values as they relate to nursing and my possible future career and my plans.

Their skill, knowledge, and love of their occupation help them to exceed in everything they do. Moving towards a required doctorate degree will open up many doors for nurse practitioners, as they will be seen as a more professional occupation. The role of every health care member is essential for a patient, and nurse practitioners are able to play a huge role in each case by providing assistance in diagnosing and treating patients, as well as researching different ways to help them. Having a nurse practitioner to help educate the patient’s family is so important because it allows the family to feel more involved with their loved one’s care. The way nurses and nurse practitioner’s follow the code of ethics and standards of practice give them the characteristics of honesty and loyalty, and without both of them, key parts of the patient’s care would be

General Qualifications for becoming a nurse, according to Regina Ranburn, include: “Compassion, caring for others, selflessness, love for humanity, and desire to help others” (1). These qualities are vital to a career in nursing because most fields require direct patient care. Dealing with patients one-on-one every day requires compassion and caring for those who need healing. Selflessness meaning putting someone else’s needs above your own and that is exactly what nursing is all about. People put their trust in you to help them in a way they do not know how to do.

It will continue to improve and get better through new discoveries and advancement of technology. All nurses have Florence Nightingale to thank for helping nursing become what it is today. Although, it didn’t come without hardships over the years. The health care field will always be where I want to be and where my heart is. I think that as a student going into nursing this report has been very helpful to me.

“When you’re a nurse you know that every day you will touch a life or a life will touch yours.” Unknown Nursing, for me, is more than a profession, it is a journey where I learn continuously about life changing events and miracles. Touching the lives of others or being touched by other’s story is an experience one can’t describe, only endure. Nursing is a profession of integrity and compassion, and it is the most trusted professions due to our commitment towards our patient. The quality of a good nurse is they should be caring, sensitive, kind and respectful towards their patient, and I believe I possess all these qualities that have contributed to me in my successful career of nursing. Working at Cleveland Clinic, I got a great opportunity to work with a group of doctors and coworkers who have the same mission in life and job as mine; “Put the patient first”.

They believe that the relationship between the patient and nurse is very important, as do I. In or... ... middle of paper ... ...from their patients. I believe our patients bring out the better in us and help us stop and realize the many amazing things in our lives. Nursing is an amazing career and I am beyond blessed and excited to go through this journey in my life to become a nurse! There is nothing I love more than doing my best to help people.

As an aspiring nurse, I vow to live by those values each and every day, so I can become the best nurse and person that I can be. As I have stated before, I have had no singular experience that has led me to the career choice of nursing. I had a natural inclination towards the profession, and as I pursued this inclination, I grew more and more passionate about nursing. Each day, I wholeheartedly put my determination to be a nurse into everything I do. Nursing is more than a career choice to me; it is a privilege for me to share my compassion with human beings.

The thing that I love the most about nursing is that as a nurse you have the ability to choose what you would like to specialize in and what kind of people you would like to work with. My only concern is that because nurses are so hands-on with their patients, they need to have all the knowledge of a doctor as well because they need to know how the body works and how it reacts to certain things. Before I graduate from landmark I would like to volunteer that way I will get a sense of what it is like to be a nurse from now, and also because once the month of June is over, EOP programs begin and colleges like Sage require summer programs. I can’t wait to begin my journey into the career I dreamed of and although I will be closing a chapter in high school, I will soon be opening a new one for the rest of my life.