My Personal Goal Statement
Every day I wake up, I ask myself how I can make a difference. This question has helped shape my personal values and principles and directed my path into the nursing field. Growing up in West Africa and witnessing firsthand the sufferings and impoverishment of the people around me, I developed a sense of compassion and willingness to make a difference and help alleviate their sufferings and put a smile on their faces. Healthcare delivery and poverty are two major underlying factors in the challenges faced in Africa, thus, when I got an opportunity to come into the United States, it was my golden ticket to finally give back to the community and make a difference. This led me into the nursing field; I started out as a Certified Nurse Assistant. Overtime, I realized that I needed to keep studying, developing myself and getting educated, in order to be better …show more content…
I have, over time, in the course of working as a nurse volunteered my services in many worthwhile courses and I am presently a member of the board of a Non-Profit Organization here in Los Angeles which constantly provides services to the community.
Acquiring this Master’s degree will better position me for the much needed position of a Nurse-Practitioner, affording me the versatility to work in an office, a hospital and provide patient-care to my prospective patients, irrespective of age, sex or race and whether I choose to focus on family medicine, critical care or preventive care. Given the increase in chronic conditions lately, health education and preventive care is another aspect of nursing I am passionate about and acquiring this degree will further help me deliver and make a difference in my own little
Every day I wake up, I ask myself how I can make a difference. This question has helped shape my personal values and principles and directed my path into the nursing field. Growing up in West Africa and witnessing firsthand the sufferings and impoverishment of the people around me, I developed a sense of compassion and willingness to make a difference and help alleviate their sufferings and put a smile on their faces. Healthcare delivery and poverty are two major underlying factors in the challenges faced in Africa, thus, when I got an opportunity to come into the United States, it was my golden ticket to finally give back to the community and make a difference. This led me into the nursing field; I started out as a Certified Nurse Assistant. Overtime, I realized that I needed to keep studying, developing myself and getting educated, in order to be better …show more content…
I have, over time, in the course of working as a nurse volunteered my services in many worthwhile courses and I am presently a member of the board of a Non-Profit Organization here in Los Angeles which constantly provides services to the community.
Acquiring this Master’s degree will better position me for the much needed position of a Nurse-Practitioner, affording me the versatility to work in an office, a hospital and provide patient-care to my prospective patients, irrespective of age, sex or race and whether I choose to focus on family medicine, critical care or preventive care. Given the increase in chronic conditions lately, health education and preventive care is another aspect of nursing I am passionate about and acquiring this degree will further help me deliver and make a difference in my own little