Bachelor of Science

What is it called when someone prevents sickness, protects people, and treats health issues for families and other patients? Nursing. Nursing is the protection, promotion, and Optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response,and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations. Nursing is more than just providing patient care and helping prevent accidents or things.…

I would like to become a Pediatric Nurse(PN) and do the best I can in order to achieve this goal. A Pediatric Nurse is a Nursing Professional that provides health and medical care for children from birth through their late teens. I believe that I have all the right skills in order to become a PN. Although, this career choice did not appear overnight, I have always had a passion for helping others and have always been good with children. This career has many pros and just like any job it comes…

What is success? Is it financial security? Having a loving family? Winning the lottery? Personally, success cannot be seen or defined by words, but felt by the people around you. Being a nurse does not have a singular effect, it has a domino effect. Saving someone 's life not only has an effect on the nurse, but on the person they saved, and on that persons friends and family. Being a nurse can give a person many skills to carry through life like patience, knowledge, social abilities, and an…

The BSN is a short term for Bachelor of Science in Nursing. In order to get a BSN, you must attend a four-year college or university, you must also be qualified to take the NGLEX-RN. After achieving the BSN, you can work for a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) which takes two years of college or university. Another option to work as an RN is to earn an ADN; another short term for Associate…

technology help us communicate with the other side of the world in less than a blink of an eye. Traveling to the other side of the country takes a fraction of the time that it once used to. The advances of medical equipment seem to be straight out of science fiction movie. Because of all these luxuries we have at our disposal, there is a tendency to believe that rest of the world is shares the same values, morals, and ethics. That couldn’t be further from the truth. The world has so many…

From a young age, I could remember that infamous question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I wasn’t your typical little girl who’d just want to be a princess or a fairy, I always wanted to be something in the medical field with the exception of wanting to be a chef. I’ve bounced around from wanting to be an ultrasound tech, to a dermatologist and finally came to the conclusion that I want to be a pediatric nurse practitioner (PNP). I’ve always enjoyed working with children and the…

Everyone has a dream or an idea of what a future career will entail for them. Some people may want to be a professional dancer, an astronaut or become a doctor. My dream is to change the lives of newborn babies every day. On a national average 3.6 million babies are lost every year. For me, becoming a neonatal nurse, I can help decrease this number every year and improve the lives of others. When you are a neonatal nurse you are able to experience things that normal jobs don’t see on a daily…

well as job openings close to where I currently live. The career outlook and a typical day on the job summary encouraged me even more to become a neonatal nurse. In order to become a neonatal nurse, a person must be a Registered Nurse with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. There are typically a few certifications that need to be filled as well. The person must be certified in Neonatal Resuscitation and Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing. There are many schools that offer the degree required…

In June 2012, I finished my Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from the University of Texas in Arlington. A BSN academic degree goes into greater depth of learning nursing theories, clinical application, critical thinking skills, nursing research, leadership and management role, public and community health care that are significant to be successful in the Family Nurse Practitioner Program. I have been a registered nurse for five years now. Currently, I am working as a staff nurse in the…

After years of going through career portfolios, I have decided to pursue a career in the field of nursing. From elementary through high school, my counselors made me do career portfolios. Mine would change quite often: teacher, veterinarian, doctor, etc. Growing up and even now, I have lived in the same home as a nurse, my grandmother. She is more of a phlebotomist than a nurse but she still has a nursing degree. I remember going to the doctor’s office she worked at and I loved playing with…