My decision to apply for the NCCC scholarships stems from the perfect platform it provides to pursuing the interest I developed in Nursing whilst in Senior High School. During my Senior High School days in Ghana, my class visited the sick in some hospitals and upon seeing their agony and the way some nurses were maltreating some of the patience, I said to myself, I will become a nurse to offer comfort and care to the sick. I noticed during my interactions with some of the sick especially the aged how comforting and healing could come through empathy, helpful hand and friendly interactions. I built a strong relationships with some of the patients, collected their phone numbers and used to call them to check on them. There are two of these people I still call to check on them even now that I am in the United States.
Eager to pursuing my nursing career, I enrolled in the Home Health Aid programme when I first moved to the United States in 2011. After completing the course I worked in a nursing home and currently still …show more content…
I see myself as a highly motivated individual. I have being living alone and catering for myself since I moved to the United States. At this same period my father passed away and I am currently catering for my aged mother who is in Ghana. This has putting a lot of financial burden on me but since I am determined to becoming a nurse, I have not given up and will not give up my aspiration to becoming a nurse. With no help from anywhere, I have to work 32 hours a week and school at the same time to enable me achieve my career goal and this sometimes interrupts my studies. I already have knowledge of the cost involved in pursuing the Nursing programme. I have therefore decided to apply for these scholarships to cushion me financially. I intend to use the money I will receive to pay my fees, buy books, pay rent, food, insurance and other cost that I may incur during the
Eager to pursuing my nursing career, I enrolled in the Home Health Aid programme when I first moved to the United States in 2011. After completing the course I worked in a nursing home and currently still …show more content…
I see myself as a highly motivated individual. I have being living alone and catering for myself since I moved to the United States. At this same period my father passed away and I am currently catering for my aged mother who is in Ghana. This has putting a lot of financial burden on me but since I am determined to becoming a nurse, I have not given up and will not give up my aspiration to becoming a nurse. With no help from anywhere, I have to work 32 hours a week and school at the same time to enable me achieve my career goal and this sometimes interrupts my studies. I already have knowledge of the cost involved in pursuing the Nursing programme. I have therefore decided to apply for these scholarships to cushion me financially. I intend to use the money I will receive to pay my fees, buy books, pay rent, food, insurance and other cost that I may incur during the