BPSOS Personal Statement

I have volunteered for the BPSOS health fair each October for the past three years. The BPSOS (Boat People SOS) is a nonprofit organization focused on helping refugees. This organization sponsors free health fairs held in Norcross, GA with many health services for anyone who stops by. The services include influenza vaccines, various types of screenings, and physical exams. I volunteered with doctors and nurse practitioners at the bone-density screening booth, where I helped with the screening of osteoporosis for the underserved population. I participated in working the machine that screened for bone density and teaching those with negative screenings about the importance of osteoporosis. This opened my eyes to how many people in the public did not have daily access to healthcare, and how important these free screenings were for them. When the people who visited our booth smiled, held my hand, and thanked me after I …show more content…
The Emory School of Nursing values social responsibility and collaboration, striving to transform nursing and provide healthcare within diverse communities together. These values align with my own, as I have learned by giving patient care and building therapeutic relationships with numerous populations that we are all capable of caring for one another, regardless of where we are from or what our background is. At Emory, I will have the opportunity to attend school and work close to home with not only organizations like BPSOS, but also with the women and children refugee community in Clarkston, Georgia. Emory nursing would provide me with the resources I need to achieve an excellent education in the healthcare field and guide me in continuing to follow my dream, granting me the opportunity to provide care to the underserved population as an advanced practice