Personal Narrative: My Interview As A Nurse

I interviewed a nurse whose name is Rosetta Smoots and she has been in the field for over twenty years. She helped me to understand that being a nurse will not always be easy emotionally for me and that I will have a lot of bad days. She wanted to get into nursing for the same reason I do, to help people. This talk also helped me to understand that nursing school is very competitive, and that I will need to work harder than I ever have to be successful. She said as long as this is what I truly want then that will not be problem for me. When I asked her about her intentions when going into nursing she said something that is very important to me. She said “Do not go into nursing for the money, if you do it for the money you will be miserable. Do it because you have a passion for helping people. If you do that then the good days will outweigh the bad and you will always love your job.” She said it took her the hard way to learn that important lesson. When she told me that is was like a major …show more content…
I told her about my battles with depression, and social anxiety. She told me she couldn’t even tell and that it surprised her because that is a part of her job. I told her over the years I have perfected my mask and my emotions, and nobody could tell not even my own parents. She told me that, even though I think of this as a weakness this will come in handy for my career because I will be able to see past some of the more harder mask that people put up to protect themselves, and help them get the help that they need by just talking to them and telling them my story. I never really thought about it that way until it was presented to me that way. I always assumed that it would be a major barrier to my career, and now I think I have more strengths than weaknesses. It was a major improvement to my confidence about my job and even about