There are two kinds of people in this world, the kind that jump into the swimming pool and the people that slowly creep in inch by inch before finally fully submersing themselves into the water. I’m more like the later type of person especially when it comes making big life decisions. Not surprisingly it has taken me many years to finally decide that I want to be a nurse. It took a lot of thought and prayer to finally come to this conclusion. I initially had the idea that I wanted to pursue a career in the nursing field when I was in high school. My mother had gotten sick and almost died when I was a junior. We were in and out of the hospital for several months. During that time what I remember the most is the kindness and compassion that was given to my mother by the nurses at the emergency room. Their example during that trying time made me want to become a nurse. …show more content…
I went to work at a front office at an endoscopy center and later at an injection clinic for a pain management doctor. I was able to interact and befriend many nurses at work and I was able to ask them questions in regards to the nursing field. I was very surprised to hear the different perspectives and points of views that each of them had. One thing that they all had in common was a love and passion for their work.
Several goals that I have in regards to my nursing education is to try to absorb as much as possible in the short amount of time that I’m in nursing school. I also feel that time management is not one of my strong suites so my goal for the next couple of years is to manage my time wisely. I feel that focusing on improving my time management skills will be an asset especially since procrastination comes very easily and naturally to me. I have purchased a planner and have allotted a certain amount of time to be spent on school work, family, GYM, church, and on household