Growing up in a family like mine where nothing is good enough is very tough. You would think having a certification as a nurse’s aide by the age of sixteen and already starting on your associate’s degree would make them very proud. However, there is still more that can be done they will always say. When I first found out about nursing I had no interest. I always wanted to become the doctor and earn the “big bucks”. Money was always everything to me. So this past summer when I had the opportunity to take my Nurse’s Aide Certification I jumped on the bandwagon because it meant a step up from a dietary aide. I started the class thinking that this was just a minor job and I wasn’t going to be doing much with the residents. Boy was I wrong! I had
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When I was put with an Anesthesiologist M.D., I was over the moon excited. I was going to be able to see just what a doctor did. Well that dream was short …show more content…
So instead of following the doctor around and making phone calls I stayed behind with the CRNA, the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. This was an experience of a lifetime! I was able to learn so much about how to give anesthesia and why the body functions the way it functions under anesthesia. I made some connections through the hospital if I ever wanted to come back and observe I am always welcome back. This meant a lot to me, because the people I became the closest to were the nurses. They welcomed me with open arms and still conveyed their jobs of keeping people alive while bettering the patient. This became my dream, to be able to better a person mentally or physically and still be able to keep them alive. With anesthesia this is a very thin line to walk on. The gases they use and the instruments that are used are very deadly if used improperly. I want to be this nurse to walk this line and keep you alive. I want to be as strong as my grandma while she had cancer all throughout her body and still went to work everyday to help others just by passing meds and giving them
When I was put with an Anesthesiologist M.D., I was over the moon excited. I was going to be able to see just what a doctor did. Well that dream was short …show more content…
So instead of following the doctor around and making phone calls I stayed behind with the CRNA, the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. This was an experience of a lifetime! I was able to learn so much about how to give anesthesia and why the body functions the way it functions under anesthesia. I made some connections through the hospital if I ever wanted to come back and observe I am always welcome back. This meant a lot to me, because the people I became the closest to were the nurses. They welcomed me with open arms and still conveyed their jobs of keeping people alive while bettering the patient. This became my dream, to be able to better a person mentally or physically and still be able to keep them alive. With anesthesia this is a very thin line to walk on. The gases they use and the instruments that are used are very deadly if used improperly. I want to be this nurse to walk this line and keep you alive. I want to be as strong as my grandma while she had cancer all throughout her body and still went to work everyday to help others just by passing meds and giving them