When I became a Registered Nurse, I was unsure where my nursing career would take me. I didn’t yet have any particular area of interest. While attending school to complete my BSN, I bounced around on a handful of med/surg floors. I worked in long-term care. The jobs I was working in were fine, but I never really felt passionate about them. A year after obtaining my nursing license, my older brother took his first step toward recovery and entered treatment for substance abuse. Shortly after…
Career Planning Transition into the Professional Nursing Role I wish to obtain employment in the state of Florida. The three criteria needed according to Florida Board of Nursing is, you need to graduate from a Florida approved or accredited nursing education program. Applicant has to submit an application with all fees paid. There is a $100 application fee and $200 fee for Pearson VUE testing vendor. You are also required to have an electronic fingerprint for RN license. One of the two…
Pursuing a Nursing Career: What Path Should you take? “No matter what you do, do not become a nurse!” My mother drilled these words into my head growing up. After wasting two years of time and money attending college in hopes of finding a career path that I would like to pursue other than nursing I decided to put my mothers advice behind me and follow my heart by starting my journey to becoming a nurse, I was meant to be a nurse. I applied to a competitive ten month accelerated Practical…
Introduction Becoming a nurse has not always been an exact plan of mine. At one point I planned to become a surgeon. While becoming a surgeon is still a possibility, obtaining a nursing degree is my main goal. In my opinion, a nurse requires more patient interaction. I believe that quality patient care is not just about the medical treatment received, but also about how patients are treated during the visit and how comfortable they feel with their nurses or doctors. My goal is to…
My Nursing Career Journey Nursing is a professional career that can be challenging for most people. To be a nurse, it does require you to have some of these few characteristics: understanding, patience, knowledgeable, friendly, respectful, flexible, caring, emotional stable, and most of all kind. There are many more qualities involve to be a good nurse; it is a never-ending learning experience when you enter the world of nursing. Seem tiring, isn’t it? But very rewarding at the same time!…
readers to join me take a short trip and trace the beginnings of my nursing career. I have been a nurse for more than 20 years, with nursing as my third profession. I was a schoolteacher and a consultant in training and development in my past life. As can be seen, my passion for teaching and education had been rooted in me long before becoming a nurse. When I got my diploma in nursing from Holy Name Hospital School of Nursing in Teaneck, New Jersey, I gave myself five years to link the three…
Nursing, the career that has many opportunities. As I grew I had different careers I wanted to do. But I realized during high school that nursing was the right choice for me. I wanted to become a nurse for several reasons. Remembering my aunt as well as my grandfather suffering from cancer or when I see elders needing help, made me realize in order to help people who are sick or elderly I need to get into the profession of nursing. Helping others has been a part of me for a long time. As I help…
Pediatric nursing is a field that provides health care to children from infancy up to adolescence. Some pediatricians and their pediatric nurses provide care for adolescents up to the age of twenty-one. In order to become a pediatric nurse, a person must have the required education, certification, and experience to get a job at a health facility that gives care to children and young adults. Universities colleges and some hospitals offer nursing diplomas and degrees. Anyone who desires to become…
University of Illinois at Chicago- College of Nursing I have acquired and mastered varies skills that have prepared me for a career in nursing. The University of Illinois at Chicago- College of Nursing has identified eight specific program outcomes that are expected for any nursing student whom is completing the Bachelors in the Science of Nursing program. Through the educational background and clinical expertise and guidance of the staff at the college of nursing students are expected to…
the decision that I want to pursue a career in nursing. “Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations.” (American Nurses Association). This presents nursing as a very broad field. I had heard that nursing was a very opportunistic…