Essay 3: Please discuss your commitment to pursue a career ...



Essay 3: Please discuss your commitment to pursue a career in nursing.

Growing up, I always tried to do what I could for others. I wanted to help, and nothing was more satisfying than knowing I had done something for some one else. Above all, I loved taking care of people.

My mom was taken to the hospital two days after my eighteenth birthday. I will never forget that day. I walked into the room, saw all of wires, and broke down. I was sitting in the hallway in tears when a nurse sat down next to me and told me that it would be okay. Other than for school, I never left her side. I asked questions in order to know what was going on, and I learned a lot. I left for school November 1st, telling her that I loved her and I would be back at five o’clock. She said she loved me too and that I would know where to find her. That’s the last thing she ever said to me. I was pulled out of class early that day, and twenty minutes after I got to the hospital, she was gone. My mom, my best friend, and my life all fell apart in twenty minutes.

Life doesn’t stop because one person wants it to. I started to think about school again. How could I watch other people go through what I went through? Two things gave me my answer. First, the way my mom felt while I was there helping take care of her will always keep pushing me. She was happy and felt better because I was there. Secondly, I want to be the nurse that sat on the floor with me the first night I was at the hospital. I want to be the person who makes others feel better because I’m there, and who raises patients’ spirits because I’m the person I am.

My dream has always been to have two letters behind my name – an R and an N. However, it is not about the letters. It is about knowing that I have the education and training to take care of people and to make a difference. I want to know that people are positively affected by what I do, and that I am helping to make the world a better place to live.

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