Admissions Essay: My Experience As A Nursing Assistant

At age six, I was diagnosed with asthma and my mother would take me to our family doctor every time I will have an attack and I have always been fascinated how my wheezing disappears and I would be breathing so much better after I get a nebulization. My visits to the doctor became more frequent over the years because by then I was also diagnosed with eczema and every time I would be stepping out of the doctor’s clinic feeling better as a child I thought the doctor is so awesome like superman because whatever I am sick with be it asthma, eczema or just a plain a plain fever he always makes me feel better and that’s when I decided early on that someday I will also be as awesome, I will be a doctor.

Then at age nine, I had an accident where I sustained a lacerated wound on my left thigh that needed suturing. I was brought to the same family doctor who did the minor surgery but unfortunately left an ugly scar because to this day I think his suturing technique was not good enough. I feel disappointed that my superhero let me down at that time and worse …show more content…
It has given me rich and multi-faceted experience in providing health care to patients from all walks of life. Through this experience, I have developed a keen interest in acute care and have grown comfortable in an acute care setting. It allowed me to better understand the needs of patients from various cultures and different ethnic backgrounds. It has also given me valuable experience in dealing with the many challenges that one faces on a daily basis in a hospital environment including: admitting patients in the emergency room, working long hours in the wards, looking after critically ill patients in the ICU, among other such activities. I believe that this kind of experience positions me ideally to provide a high standard of medical care to the patients in your