Personal Narrative: My Life As A Registered Nurse

In order to reach one’s goal, the goal should be well defined, firm and the individual must be completely committed to attaining it. Pursuing a career as a Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner has always been my driving goal throughout all my education and training since the age of seventeen. Over the past three years working within a Surgical Inpatient unit as a Registered Nurse, I have become aware of the lack of community resources and access to health care available in rural areas. This has inspired me apply to the University of Western Ontario’s Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner program for the fall of 2014. After completing my Bachelor of Science of Nursing at the University of Western Ontario, I am certain that no other

In 2014, I was a freshman at Hope high school, I was cool with most people. I loved to learn new things such as math and history,but I had different opinions about how I felt about everyone. I disliked my classmates just the thought of talking and making new friends made me not like school, I grew up with it as school goes by. I finally made new friends and also I was an A’s and B’s student. Most importantly I came to school almost everyday and came on time.Coming to class and learn has been one of my favorite thing to do.

I actually have a similar experience like you. I have a patient during my first semester that she was constantly in nervous/panic mood and always talk about how she wants to go home. I remembered the previous shift nurse and the nurse I followed have the same expressions and saying how the patient was just missing her alcohol (they were thinking she is alcoholic even though her medical record did not indicate she was a drinker). Anyway because we were taught to be non-judgmental on our patient, I decided to talk to the patient about why she was panic and wanted to go home. It ends up the patient is not alcoholic but she just don’t like to be in the hospital and constantly thinking about she may not be about to go home after all. I think many

What I look forward to is to put in my best and graduate out of the

I’ve never imagined myself actually taking a CNA class as a junior in high school. Since elementary I always said I wanted to become a doctor, and after maturing and researching how long it would take, I changed my mind. So therefore I set my goal to either become a Registered Nurse or Nurse Practitioner. When I found out I met the credentials for this class, I went for it and encouraged my fellow friends to join as well.

Have you ever had a moment in life that validated the direction in which you felt compelled to follow? A moment which never escapes your mind because it represents one of the purest, symbolic instances you have experienced? Or a moment as simple as being handed a book to encourage you to further your dream? A time to inspire you to succeed in becoming something even more significant than you already are? Or had a moment offering you the opportunity to enhance your knowledge, and thrust yourself into the world you so deeply want to be a part of? I was handed the Merck Manual along with a kind gesture and warm-hearted encouragement which aided in igniting a fire, reaffirming what I felt I was meant to do; it was a defining moment in my life.

For my Project Life presentation, I chose to do mine on a registered nurse. The reason I chose to do mine on a registered nurse is because I love to help people. When I help people, it gives me a great feeling. A registered nurse is a nurse who has graduated from a college's nursing program or from a school of nursing and has passed a national licensing exam. In order to be a registered nurse you must have either your associates or bachelors degree. You can get a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), if you want to advance in the profession. You can also get a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), it may lead to advances such as: Clinical Nurse Specialist, Anesthetist Nurse, Mid-wife Nurse, or a Nurse Practitioner.

After 300 hours of volunteer work at a military hospital, I have yet to find a field of medicine that I dislike. Every specialty has its own merits and there’s something interesting to find in each of them. However, there is one field that I value over others, the OB/GYN practice. I hold this division in such high regards because my mother works as an OB/GYN nurse practitioner. I have been surrounded by this my entire life because I liked to ask my mom questions every night when she got home from work about what she did that day. She would spend a few minutes every night telling me about all the mothers she got to help that day. On special days she would have helped with a delivery and then she would come home and tell me all about it. I may

Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, once said, “I attribute my success to this:—I never gave or took an excuse.” That is an outlook on life I try to live up to. I have had a few set backs in my college career to keep me from achieving my goal of becoming a Registered Nurse. I could have easily given up on my dream but I took those hardships and turned them into fuel to keep going. My father suffered a massive heart attack and went into cardiac arrest when I first started college. It completely flipped by life upside down. I spent weeks at a time in the hospital with him. Seeing him go in and out the hospital for years reaffirmed my need to become a nurse and help others like how those nurses took care of my father. Once I

I have a 10+ years of extensive work experience as a registered nurse in a cardiac unit. During that time, I developed the skills to deliver impeccable health care and service towards patients. I have been trained in monitoring patients, updating information on vital signs and documents of effectively monitor their health. While working at Loyola Hospital as charge nurse, staff nurse, and preceptor nurse, I was tasked with assessing the condition of patients. I firmly believe that I will bring the energy, positive attitude, and dedication necessary to thrive in your hospital’s environment. As a recent graduate from Kaplan University for RN-BSN program, it has provided me a stronger knowledge base, and leadership skills. I believe that I can

My mind was set on pursuing the medical field fresh out of high school. To get a head start I attended technical college and got a degree as a Medical assistant. During the process I knew my passion was caring for others. I was employed for three years while attending college part time. When I was finally ready to dedicate myself full time to my studies, tragedy occurred. My father suffered a major heart attack which put him in a coma. I put my dreams on hold and prayed for my father’s recovery. After a month in the intensive care unit my father miraculously recovered. During that hard time I didn’t have the ability to continue my education because I had to support my parents financially. As the

Every morning I would get up at 5am to train with the team. The first day was very arduous and tasks appeared Herculean, I felt a part of me ready to give up but I did not let my physical unsuitability stop me. I trained strenuously and pushed myself to my limits. Every day that went

My clinical experience with my preceptor who has been a nurse manager for ten years has been invaluable. I have been working with her for just two weeks, but I would have to say she is definitely a nurse leader. She has taken me under her wing to introduce me to new technology and computers systems within the VA. When she started, this technology was not used and she has stated and I also believe, it has made her job much easier to get multiple tasks completed in a timely manner. Informatics is the science of computer information systems and these systems are widely distributed throughout the VA. By my working with just this one preceptor I have gained the knowledge and skills necessary to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams within

However I had the determination to continue to attend the gym to reach my goal. In December of 2015 my mother enrolled me in a lifeguard certification class at our local YMCA. the class started at 8 o’clock in the morning and ended at 1, this was during december break so i did not miss school. The first task I had to complete was the prerequisite swimming test. The three other people in the class were all part of a swim team and were fast swimmers. At first this was disheartening to me because I felt I would not be able to keep up being that I was not a part of the swim team. The swim was physically demanding and was not easy. However I overcame my disadvantage and passed the prerequisite just as the others had. Over the course of the class i kept overcoming obstacles I was hesitant about. For example when practicing deep water rescues I was tasked with pulling my 230 plus pound assistant instructor from the bottom of a ten foot pool. I was worried i would not be able to accomplish this, however i knew that i had worked so hard to become a lifeguard and i made the determination not to let this stop

When I first became a nurse, the floor I worked on was wonderful. Every nurse took the time to answer questions and didn’t make you feel stupid for your questions. But, over time these same nurses had a shift in their attitudes to new nurses. The floor was having a high turnover right and we always had student nurses on the floor. Some became down right mean to the new nurses and the student nurses. These seasoned nurses would either not answer the nurses or make a joke of them. The new nurses would only go to certain nurses with questions and if those nurses were not there they would just figure it out. I became one of the nurses that these nurses would come to. They need someone that they can ask question and not feel that they would