1. Nursing is something that I did not pick first hand on what I wanted to be. I wanted to work for corporate america, more along the lines of an athletic team and get into coaching on the side but nothing seemed to ever stick. That was, until I started working in a nursing home. Nursing is a career that aides people in their time of need. We are the people who should be practicing what we preach. Nursing is the middle man between doctors and family that tries to bridge that gap between and see what areas the patient needs help in.
2. I want to be a nurse because it will provide me with an opportunity to stabilize and ensure my future. Also, I have a need to help others.
3. My weakness in nursing is that I can not stand to see children die. I know that I am going to have a hard time in pediatrics because it is a reality that I will see a child die. I don't know how I am going to handle that but I am preparing myself for it. The strengths that I bring to nursing are punctuality, empathy, manage my time well, quick on my feet and I am great at customer service.
4. If I could have a pick of where I wanted to work it would be at a place that could throw me into a rehab/aquatic center/surgery center for veterans. I think so many new nurses want to work in a particular area that they don't leave themselves open to other departments. For example many pre-RN nurses tell me they want to work in the NICU, I want to stay away from that place because I couldn't work really well with parent over my shoulder every minutes while I am trying to work on my patient who is the size of my arm and helpless.
5. My five year goals are to realistically get my bachelors and masters but I would love to get my doctorate also. Everyone needs a plan B.
6. Right now my roadblocks look like the empire state building right now. Everyone talks about how they have kids but what about the people who don't have children? I feel like I am in a one-sided argument and the moms always think they have it the worst. We are ALL becoming nurses, we should be building each other up not cutting each other down and saying I have it worse than you.....are you going to tell a patient that? It just makes me question people in general. The only person who knows your life is you so instead of cutting someone down for not being financially responsible children maybe you should look at yourself instead. Everyone has their own personal problems you shouldn't discount peoples feelings because yours are different. As you can see my fellow classmates are a roadblock for me. Two ways I deal with this are working out and talking less about my personal life.
Let me just add in here a little bit ^^^This Paragraph ^^^ actually happened. I don't discount other people's feelings ever. You have a right to your emotions. YOU felt them I DID NOT. I do not sit here an judge ANYONE and say you're a bad mother, mother or person. I think it is highly insulting for someone to tell someone that you're not going through anything because you don't have children. Let me quote the movie Baby Mamma " Bitch I don't know you're Life" and you don't know mine
Another issue I am going to deal with is if I am going to stay with my brother for the 3rd, 4th, and 5th semester of this program. This program gets more and more difficult as it progresses through and I can only spend less and less time being stressed with outside activities. The first and second semester I will be staying with him but I just feel like I have an added load. It is a very hard decision because I love my nieces and nephew and I know what I am there they're being taken care of and they have a consistency in their life. My oldest niece is only 7 years old and it had been 7 years of RAGING HELL! You all have not a clue what I am talking about but trust me when I say this that it has been an insane years. I want to be a nurse truly because 1) I'll be good at it and 2) It will make me financially capable of taking care of children one day no matter how they come into my life and stay with me whether it be for one night or years. I will be capable of doing that.
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