How did you know you wanted to be a nurse?

Proofreading Nurse Application Essay?

• Mark Twain once said "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did." This quote gave me the motivation to once again attempt becoming a registered nurse. Deep down inside I know that if I do not give all that I have to become a nurse, that in twenty years I will be overwhelmed with disappointment. I am here today choosing to apply to the Regis College ADN nursing program because three years ago, during a very stressful time in my life, I was unsuccessful at my dream. Three years ago I was attending the Middlesex Community College nursing program. I was also trying to manage working full-time, supporting myself, and keeping my head above water. I was working a dead-end minimum wage job, over my head in debt, and on top of everything trying the keep my dream of finished school afloat. The stress of school, work, and life became too much. I found myself with less and less time to study. Ultimately I was unsuccessful at passing my second semester. I was devastated. I had lost my chance at the one thing I had always wanted. I decided that if I wanted to try again at my dream, I had to get my life in order. I spent the next three years focusing on advancing my career, paying off my debt, and settling my life down. I went from a dead-end job out-side of the medical field, to a medical assistant job that I truly love. I have gained valuable experience and knowledge over the past three years. I have saved up enough money to pay for nursing school, acquired reliable transportation, and have got my life back on track. I have waited three years to apply to school because I wanted to make sure I was ready. I wanted to be focused on my goal of becoming a nurse. I am determined to do it right this time. I owe it to myself to try again. I have had many setbacks in my life but I refuse to let this hold me back any more from my true potential I currently work in an outpatient orthopedic specialty office as a medical assistant. I work every day with patients that have had surgery and have had care by nurse. I can’t tell you the amount of times patient tell me how wonderful the nurse they had was, or how much their nurse helped them through the most difficult time of their life. I see how caring the nurses are, and how they are always putting the patient first. I know from my own experience in nursing school how truly rewarding it is to know you helped so many people at the end of a long day. I had the best time in my two semesters of clinical. Being in healthcare for over three years I have noticed that one major challenge is standing up and questioning something you believe not to be right. I have seen and dealt with this on a personal level. Whether you are questioning a colleague or ever a Doctor it can be a very challenging thing. I can think of two situations that I had to question someone on their actions. One time I saw a fellow medical assistant drawing up an injection. I watched her take out the supplies. She placed the needle on the syringe and proceed to draw the medication out of a multiple use vial. I noticed that she never wiped the bottle off with any kind of alcohol or antiseptic. Before she made it to the patient’s room I confronted her. I told her how I saw that she did not clean the vial and how that it is extremely dangerous to the patient. I explained how this increased the risk of infection and how it is vey irresponsible and she needed to draw up a new injection. Doing this did damage our relationship, but it was something that had to be done. Another time I faced a challenge was with questioning a doctor. I was working with a doctor that was writing a prescription for a patient. I knew that the patient had an allergy to aspirin. The doctor had written a prescription for Percocet. I confronted the doctor and reminded him that the patient has an allergy to aspirin and that Percocet had aspirin in it. The doctor thanked me and stated that he had confused patients and wrote the patient another prescription. I believe that if this was not challenge that this patient potentially could have had a dangerous allergic reaction. I believe that as a nurse you cannot fear challenging anything you believe is not right. If you believe that something is not correct you must speak up and question it.

• Answer:

  I will edit for you if you send it to [email protected] let the subject be "nursing application" The Yahoo Answers context is awkward for editing.