The Importance Of Being A Nurse

Motivation is internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to a job, role, and subject or to make an effort to attain a goal. (Businessdictionary, 2015). What motivate me to be a nurse were my lecturers and friends. When I was 10 my dream was to be a lawyer, I wanted to be a lawyer badly that every day I worked hard for my English subject. I got bad grades because my English was very weak; I had to go for an extra class to get my English improve. It was hard back then, I couldn’t get a good grade so when I enter secondary school, and I had to go to the Normal Technical stream. I knew there is no shortcut to success and you cannot be success if you don’t work hard, Good Reads

Knowing I’m unable to be a lawyer; I had to change my career. I had a big thought over it and decided to take up nursing and followed my friend. When I entered nursing it was a change in my life, I didn’t realize that nursing is a part of me. I enjoyed every day of my life and going for attachment was one of my favorites. I enjoyed being with patients and making them feels happy with our company. Being with them each day always make my day; I always look forward to my attachment. When I graduate, I knew I wanted to upgrade myself and become a registered nurse but I couldn’t due to the requirement of GPA, so I decided to work and hope that I could get a sponsorship from the hospital. After working for 1yr 8 months in the hospital, my manager decided to send me for further

One day during my clinical posting in one of the hospitals I was handling a patient in the toilet when I was demoralized by a Male patient, he scolded me and told me that I’m a stupid nurse that don’t understand what he is saying. There was a communication barrier between the patient and me because he can only speaks Mandarin. I was sad when I heard that he had told my Chinese colleagues that I am a “stupid fat nurse” that don’t understand what he needed and wanted. During my working days, I never encounter such patient saying all negative comments about me to all my friends. What make it worse when my staff nurse in charge of that cubicle said the same thing, instead of giving me encouragement or teach me how to understand simple Mandarin she told my lecturer that I am a lazy person that don’t make any effort in learning. I was extremely disturb by what she had told my lecturer, I had worked hard every day and trying my best to learn new things. Knowing what the staff nurse saying that I cannot work well and I knew I had to be transferred out to another cubicle because I could not face him and the staff nurse. I was so upset and demoralized I wanted to give up nursing so badly, I cried because I cannot handle the emotion and I was so sad to come for clinical posting. I hated nursing after that incident but everyday my friends and my lecturer encourage me not to give up, they gave me encouraging words and