Why Do You Want To Be A Nurse?

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If you are one of those people who reply with, "I want to help people.", you are in trouble. You need to come up with a better answer. Tell us why you want to be a nurse? If you can convince us you can convince anyone.

Take this opportunity to practice ... to fine-tune your answer ... don't be afraid as we are all learning.

So...

Why do you want to be a nurse?

I wanted to be able to travel around the country and have each day of work be different from the last.

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I want to be a nurse because I want to make a difference in patient care. When I was pregnant with my only child I went through a really rough time. I was high risk, and my baby was small. There was so much unknown, and doctors were not sure if she was going to be able to breathe on her own. My OBGYN was a jerk! He had terrible bedside manner. I would always leave his office crying, worrying about the unknown. My nurse was absolutely amazing. She was so calm and comforting. I realized that God was in control and all I really wanted was a calming, supportive response from medical staff. My nurse was like my angel. She made me feel calm, and she was so gentle. Bless her heart. I still talk to her to this day. I have been working tirelessly to get into nursing school. I will never give up! I want to the Lord's work through my nursing care. Until I begin nursing school, I have been volunteering at a hospital and I am fully aware how hard nurses work. I am ready. Thanks for reading!

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Specializes in Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory.

It was never a conscious decision for me. In fact, I didn't think I had what it took so I tried to be satisfied with being a transcriptionist. Didn't work. I realized I was never going to be at peace with myself if I didn't take the plunge. Went to nursing school and never looked back. Yes, there are days when I wish I had a nice job selling shoes someplace. But I really can't imagine not being a nurse. And after 30 years of drudgery and working holidays, I do feel a deep sense of satisfaction.

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See, now THAT cartoon would have made for an interesting caption contest.

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Specializes in Oncology, Ortho/trauma,.

I became a nurse because I am a gypsy at heart and I knew that nursing would either fund my travel or get me to different places and it has! I have practiced in Egypt, Guatemala, El Salvador, Puerto Rico and across the USA. Not to mention the vacations. I like having to only work 12's. I love the friendships I have made at where I currently work. And lastly I knew that nursing could be a career that I wouldn't mind just treating like a job. I started out college as music composition and because of the technicalities and limited scope of opportunity I quickly found that it was making me hate music... miss the magic and creativity of it. So I thought what is a good job that would be able to fund my love of art and travel allow me autonomy, mastery and purpose and boom in came nursing.

I have done a lot of different types of nursing to keep me on my toes for the variety and I have a lot of outside interests that I draw my strength from.

In my opinion if you go into nursing just because you like to care for people you are going to get burned fast. These days there is less "touch" aspect of nursing and more "tech" - which actually accounts for a lot of nurse burnout. Plus people will be ungrateful so if you are looking for your fill of "let me help you and watch you get better" you might be disappointed. Hardest nursing lesson I have learned is that some people will continue to make bad choices no matter how you empower them.

Well that was a bit more rambley then I had planned on.

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Pure Passion

I've never been so excited to go to school. I've never felt such a pull as I do toward patients and clients. I've never wanted to push my own boundaries before!

It's not simply that I want to help people. There are horrible and tough situations in life and the medical field, but someone needs to stand in the middle of those situations and find even the smallest shred of light. I know I can do that, I know I can be that person.

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I want be nurse becouse I like routine change every day & i love working in ER unit:yes:

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The human body is fascinating.

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Twenty years ago I worked in a dialysis unit as a tech. I enjoyed the patient interaction, the stories they would tell me between my rounds, griping at this one for drinking too much or that one for not taking her meds. One of the patients I cared for was mentally challenged due to an accident and would only allow me, another specific tech or one specific nurse, to prepare him for dialysis so we made every effort to make sure one of us was on shift when he had a treatment. He was very tall, very childlike and sweet. He always called me the gum lady when he saw me. One of the only ways to calm him when riled, I had found, was to give him gum. The night I realized I wanted to be a nurse, I was caring for him.

I was actually off that night and was enjoying it immensely. At approximately nine p.m. I received a call from the unit nurse asking me if I could run by and talk to this patient I will call "Mr.C". I was curious but I agreed. When I arrived, I could hear Mr. C being very loud. I stopped at the snack machine inside the door and grabbed some gum. As I walked around the corner, the unit nurse saw me and explained that there had been a scheduling mistake. He wasn't violent, just loud, had pulled his needles out and didn't understand why "his nice ladies" weren't there. Mr. C saw me coming and immediately stopped waving his arms and yelling, breaking out into a huge toothless grin I will never forget! "Gum lady save me!" I had gloved up while walking in so I smiled and said I had been waiting all day to hold his hand as I took hold of his arm to staunch the bleeding. He found the gum in my pocket and chattered nonsense while I talked him into letting a "new" nurse stick him and take care of him while he finished his treatment, and promised he could take a nap so he wouldn't even know. He said "You still my gum lady, see you next time!"

As I was leaving, the unit nurse said thank you and suggested I go back to school and be a nurse, that I would be good at it and I obviously enjoyed taking care of people. That was my epiphany! I wanted to hear the stories and explain why they had to take their meds and understand why they couldn't drink a big gulp before dialysis. I wanted to always be someones "gum lady!"

So after marrying a soldier,taking care of soldiers and their families, raising kids and putting my dreams on the back burner, it's momma's time to shine!

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Specializes in CNA.

I want to be a nurse because the human body fascinates me! I have always wanted to know more and do more. I don't want to just help people, I want to heal people, feel like I have made a difference not by just caring for them, but by being their friend. Everyone remembers the nurse that has impacted their life. I want to be that nurse!

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I want to be a nurse because it's the only thing I can ever see myself doing. A lot of people say it's a cliche when nursing students say I love helping people but this is absolutely true for me. Not only does the human body and it's function fascinate me but the feeling I get from helping others is like a drug to me. I get so much satisfaction from helping patients. I've been a vet tech for 5 years and I love the feeling of helping patients and educating clients. I've been taking my pre reqs for about 1.5 years now and I come home from class and tell my husband and kids all about everything I've learned and there is never a day I don't come home excited about what I've been taught. I want to touch peoples lives and leave an everlasting impact on the world. It only takes one act of kindness or to save one patients life to impact their outlook on life. This is what I was made to do. I eat sleep and breathe nursing.

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I have asthma, usually triggered by allergies. It didn't become bad until I was older. I think the first time I ended up in the ER I was 27. It was always the nurses that made my experience better or worse depending on how they interacted with me. I always knew I wanted to be in healthcare, but before that, I was happy with being a caregiver, and just helping people lead as normal of a life as possible. After my own issues got sorted out, I wanted to continue my education again. Nurses are in a unique place where they are some of the best advocates for their patients, be it by teaching them new things to help them or monitoring them and reporting on changes, to just making them feel more comfortable.

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