Willard and Pat Scholarship

When I hear the word nurse, in my opinion it is an individual that is not only compassionate, but also someone that strives everyday to provide the best care for their patients as possible. Nursing can occasionally be challenging, but it is extremely rewarding; seeing the mother and her newborn go home healthy, or even aiding in the stabilization of a distressed individual. Now it comes to the questions as to why I chose to major in nursing, as a determined yet compassionate mother of two, I have always found the medical field to be intriguing. I went down the path of going pre-med for so long, that when I briefly worked in a hospital setting I was able to see instead it was the nurses that were at the forefront of patient care. Unlike medical doctors, patients communicated more with the nurses; it was also the nurses that carried out the doctor’s orders. Witnessing this first hand gave me a new sense of what patient care was really about. I want to get into a field that motivates me every day to provide excellence, as not only an employee but also an individual.

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