Free Essay About Why I Want To Be A Nurse

I had always been indecisive as a child regarding what I want to be when I grow up. However, my decision was influenced by a major event in my life, which provided me a clear vision concerning my career and future prospects. I was never deeply interested in nursing until my grandfather suffered from heart failure when I was a freshman in high school. My grandfather was seriously ill, and he needed to be transported to the hospital multiple times because of his unstable condition. I was very close to him hence I always went to the hospital every time he needed to be treated.
I believe it is in my nature that I have kindness and the ability to care about others in my heart. This is why I never felt like leaving my grandfather’s side when he was admitted to the hospital. There I observed how the doctors and the nurses took care of him. The nurses were the most caring, because they spoke to him gently, kept asking how he felt and how he would be all right and they kept a strict eye on his medical condition. Although I was saddened by my grandfather’s condition and health, I loved how the nurses took good care of him and looked after his needs. I admired their passion and persistent care. I learned from them and took care of my grandfather as well. However in spite of it all, my grandfather’s condition kept deteriorating, and his heart wasn’t getting any stronger. He needed a heart transplant as only 20% of his heart was working. I was so good to my grandfather that he began to call me his baby nurse. I loved being called that. However, my grandfather soon received a heart transplant, which he told me he was getting from a young man who died in a motorcycle accident. He told me he relied on me, his baby nurse to take care of my grandmother and family.
Luckily his transplant was successful. However, he was kept in the ICU for several days. However if we wanted to meet him, we had to scrub our hands and elbows and wear surgical masks and gowns before entering the ICU. I felt like a nurse when I would put on my gear. My grandfather was in a lot of pain, but he called me his little nurse and always thanked me for the good care I took of him and my grandmother. It was after a few weeks that his health improved and he was moved to another room. My family and I were constantly on the go to meet him and check up on his condition. But it wasn’t long before his condition started to decline again and he experienced breathing problems. Again I saw the nurses taking good care of him. Unfortunately, my grandfather had pneumonia, and that became the cause of his death. He died when I was in my junior year at high school. Although this incident saddened me, it also brought with it the urge to help ailing people and care about them as if they were my family. Therefore after high school, I decided to work and save up money to go to LPN school. I was now keenly determined to become a nurse and subconsciously I knew it was because of my grandfather that I wanted to pursue nursing as a career. In enrolled in the LSUS fast track LPN program and thereafter I have been an LPN for five long years. Today, I am happily married with two children and purchased my own home last year. I wish to progress further by accelerating the LPN to RN program at Southern University. After obtaining my associate degree, I wish to go back to bachelor's and take up critical care nursing. Thus, my aim is to become a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. I am highly motivated to establish a career as a Registered Nurse, and I will achieve this goal because I am ambitious and have a great support system provided by my family. I am fit for nursing because I am driven and I always keep a smile on my face, and I care about my patients.