Personal Narrative: A Career In Nursing School

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I earned three hours for this activity. I recently had a medical procedure that I was dreading. When it was about to begin, the nurses helped me remain calm and talked to me to keep me distracted. After the procedure was over, I was inspired to look into nursing school. I still want to become a doctor and potentially a flight surgeon, however I wanted to look into nursing school because I might take more of a nursing track rather than a biology or biomedical sciences track. I spent the next hour looking at the classes different nursing schools in Florida require (primarily the University of Florida and the University of Central Florida) and talking to my mom about nursing in general. My mom pointed out that my math and sciences skills are one

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