Personal Narrative: My Nursing Journey

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This Journey has been a long time in the making not only did Iearn a lot about my self I learned not to listen to those who try to put you down , growing up I was that child that was hiding behind the scholar older sibling always being told that I wasn’t smart enough, I wasn’t good enough. So I began believing that, my potential would be put on hold getting bad grades in Middle School and it carried on to High School. Until one day I just had this strong urge to one day help people, make them feel good like I have there backs and will not let them down, Nursing was that for me every nurse I knew from the time I was ten and scared to get a hernia repair to the time I gave birth to my children, the Nurses are always the ones who stand out

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