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Helping People, Helped Me
by Tinisha Sahadeo Why would anyone want to be a nurse? I can’t answer for anyone else, so I won’t. I’ll just tell you my reasoning instead. But first I’ll just give you a little background information. Growing up, I came from a large family which consists of all shapes and sizes. My parents were foster parents so I was exposed to many different types of people. I’ve lived with blind, deaf, as well as kids with eating disorders, and many others. Growing up with these people at a very young age helped me to develop a characteristic that many others lack. Patience. Although I knew that whenever someone would enter into my home they wouldn’t be staying for long. I still loved them as though they would be there forever. It’s hard to watch the ones you love come and go, but when they leave they know and you know that they're not leaving the same way they came. They're leaving with a piece of you and they’ll always remember what you did even if you never see them again. This is the moment I knew I wanted to become a nurse. All I want is to put a smile on people's faces and to walk around knowing that I helped save someone’s life, knowing that I actually made a difference in the world by doing what I love. Although the role of a nurse is very demanding, a lot of people still have no real understanding of what a nurse really does. Most people think the nurse is just the doctor’s assistant. No! There is some truth in that, but that’s not all a nurse does. Nurses care for patients continuously, 24 hours a day. They work alongside the doctor and make sure that patient gets treated and cared for properly. If a patient is too sick to come to the hospital, the nurse will come to them and help out in any way possible. With that being said, when being a nurse, you have to have good people skills. This is because most of the time when a patient is really ill, families tend to be distraught and sometimes need that extra hug or care that the nurses provide for them as well. So you see, I want to help the patients and rebuild families and be the one who they thank when there walking out of the hospital when they came in, in a wheel chair. Becoming a Military Nurse I will never hesitate to help, and although I don’t know everything, there is to being a nurse I’m open to learn. I would like to also educate people what being a nurse is really about. Just like any other kid/teenager, I too have changed my desired professions from time to time, but when I realized I wanted to become a nurse, it stuck to me like glue. I thank my parents for helping me make my decision to take up nursing. On the other hand, I’m currently in Navy J.R.O.T.C. which stands for Junior Reserved Officer Training Corps. I’m telling you this is because I don’t want to be just any nurse; I want to be a nurse in the military. As said in the Amputee Coalition of America article: "Who will be there in the middle of the night when fears about living with limb loss and worries about relationships, body image, returning to active duty, and financial concerns inevitably surface come about? The nurse will. Nurses must, therefore, know and understand the stages of grief (from merely surviving to thriving) and how to help patients move through denial, depression and anger on their way to acceptance. It is the nurse who will arrange for a visit to the patients by an A.C.A certified peer visitor who has a similar injury and is trained to listen, be a role model, and provide information about available resources. Many amputees consider a peer visit the single most significant intervention they experience." Nurses are among the first health care providers to explain to patients the sequence of events to be expected during the long process of stabilization, rehabilitation and recovery. They will explain what is going to happen, where it will take place, and when and how it will be accomplished. Family members also depend on nurses for information and support. With that being said, whether I am a nurse for the military or a nurse for civilians, just knowing that I get to have the privilege of changing someone’s life mentally, physically and emotionally is enough for me. |
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Alexus Davis said @ October 12, 2010 at 8:35 pm
This is such a great essay. Goodluck! I hope you get the reward