Personal Statement Of Purpose: A Career In Nursing

After I graduated last summer with a bachelor of science in anthropology I took a year off to work while I applied to nursing programs. To get myself some experience in the field I began volunteering in the Doernbecher Neonatal Care Clinic at the Oregon Health and Science University, where I helped the nurses by doing everything from soothing crying infants to folding laundry. I loved volunteering, but instead of reinforcing my goal to become a nurse I found that I was asking new questions and being faced with new problems I wanted to solve, and I began to realize that nursing would not be the best way to accomplish these new goals. There were so many happy moments, but there were also times I would arrive at the hospital to find that a baby I had held the week before had passed away, or realized that despite all of the hard work and seeming miracles the baby who had been born so premature would struggle with health problems for the rest of their life. Every year between 10-15% of infants born in the United States spend some time in a NICU, and I decided that what I really wanted to do was figure out why prenatal and neonatal health seemed to be such a problem and find ways to improve it.
My interest in health began when I was young, but before attending college I looked at health as a purely …show more content…
I would also like to work with in communities to improve neonatal and perinatal health rather than just focus on working with hospitals, governmental or nongovernmental organizations. In order for solutions to work I believe that it is important to include members of the community you are aiming to