Thank you all for doing this and I am really appreciate the effort!
I am applying for a BSN program and the nursing essay's topic is
Describe a risk that you took and describe how it affect you.
Here it goes:
I am the so called "middle-child" in my family born to be a little daredevil; I love to take risks despite the fact that I got bruised and hurt many times. Risks can be taken from skate-boarding, bungee jumping and loudly singing alone in public, to more complicated risks such as moving to another country and dumping my old childhood dream and replace it with my latest passion. The most risky one that I have been taking is becoming an outstanding nurse instead of becoming a painter.
My family wants me to be a doctor or at least in medical field for nearly two decades. To be honest, I never thought of becoming a medical worker and when I decided I want to pursue my studies and career in the United States when I was 18 years old, I put down nursing as my major just to get my family off my back. Meanwhile, I secretly wanted to change it to an art major when I got here. However, something changed my mind greatly about being a nurse and now I cannot stand the idea of not becoming one.
While taking classes at Tacoma Community College, I began volunteering at three different places: Figure Drawing Club at my college, Tacoma Art Museum, and St. Joseph Medical Center. Oddly, volunteering at the hospital is my favorite. I am an assistant at the critical care department. I helped patients to get their dinner, nurses to get a cup of iced water, and more importantly, I got to see what is like to be a nurse. I got chilled by listening nurses walking and discussing the medical procedures that those patients are having. I am amazed by the way nurses care for their patients. My supervisor, ******, introduced me to many nurses and medical workers at our units.
After two months of volunteering, one night, I closed my eyes and laid on my bed. I start dreaming of myself as a nurse, working with other nurses and patients and I felt extremely happy: Then it hit me, I desire to be a nurse!I want to be a nurse at critical care department because I enjoy working with different people and I do not have a specific gender or age frame that I prefer in my patients. I desire to be one of the outstanding nurses that I know of at my hospital! I used to think that when I grow up and finally become a painter, I would be satisfied even if I have no job, no money to pay for rent, and I live under someone else's basement. However, as I grow, my mind and my personal values grow too. I no longer put myself first. I am looking forward to doing something worthwhile in nursing and helpful to society. Thinking like an adult and acting like one, I choose to risk not fulfilling my childhood dream of becoming a poor artist. Instead, I am going to be so much more as a nurse.
LoriRNCM, ADN, ASN, RN
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Grammar is very important so I would definitely have someone proofread for grammar before you submit it. Good luck!