Personal Narrative: A Career In The Medical Field

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Throughout my lifetime, I have experienced many different aspects of the medical field. My grandmother has been a dedicated labor and delivery nurse for over forty years. My grandmother has always been my biggest inspiration for pursuing a career in the medical field. While babysitting me as a young child, she would bring me to work with her. I grew to love the labor and delivery ward. My mother graduated nursing school after I was born. Like my grandmother, she dedicated her career to the labor and delivery ward. She has since returned to Lincoln Memorial University and graduated December of 2015 to become a nurse practitioner. My father is an osteopathic physician, who specialized in family practice. He has dedicated the majority of his career

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