Helping Patients and Saving Lives: Why I Chose Nursing

Improving the lives of patients is at the core of my decision to seek a career in nursing, a career in which my compassionate and caring personality, together with my thirst for knowledge, will be fulfilled. I am also confident that I can survive the physically, mentally, and emotionally intense environment of a hospital, fostering both caring leadership and professional cooperation.

I had my first experience of a hospital environment during my childhood as a patient, spending several months being treated for malaria. I witnessed many patients, especially little kids, dealing with issues like cleft palate, skin rashes, cancer, birth defects, fever, etc. Seeing those children suffering touched me deeply. I said to myself, “I think I can help by giving them the treatment they deserve.” Ever since that experience, whenever I visited a hospital, I found myself empathizing with sick people, especially children, feeling for them, putting myself in their shoes, and responding with compassion and care.

I would like to become a pediatric nurse working in a children's hospital, such as St. Jude Hospital. I’m hoping to pass the HESI and NCLEX exam, get hired at a children hospital. I want to be the kind of nurse that constantly pushes myself out of my comfort zone so that I will always learn the kind that others look to for guidance and support.

My Aunt is a nurse and seeing the satisfaction she feels every day by helping people in her job inspired my own interest in the field. In the nursing profession, nurses deal with many aspects of patient care, for example, I would welcome the challenge of the variety in the routine of the career in nursing. As a nursing college student, my interest in the nursing program, and my commitment to the field became even stronger as I found that I also had an aptitude for the work. I also believe that my ability to communicate with people and to explain things clearly to them in both a technical and in-person is one of the things that will make me a good nurse. I chose nursing as a career because I love learning new things. Every day as a nurse, I will always learn something new from my colleagues and patients, which will inspire me the more to explore a deeper knowledge of the techniques and procedures I will always use as a nurse. As a nurse, I will be able to help patients, irrespective of their condition, to fight for their lives. Besides being a good fit for me, nursing is a profession that never stops giving. It will be a very rewarding career for me as I grow as a professional and as a person while serving others. My grandmother once told me that every time I have patients whose physical condition improves; I should count that as a blessing. I thank God every day for this opportunity I have been given to become a nurse.