A Nursing Essay by myself

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My experiences and my faith have lead me down a path where I know I can make a difference in the lives of others and in the world. I work to better myself in every way, every day, so that I can fulfill my dream of becoming a Registered Nurse First Assistant, with a specialization in pediatric neurosurgery. I want a job that's different every day, one where people look up to me as a professional in my field. My career should not only challenge me intellectually, but emotionally as well. I want to be there when people need a hug or tears dried as much as I want to be there when people need a complex procedure explained to them. By educating myself in this field, I will become a healer, but also a comforter, a role model, and a leader who serves as a team player. I want to be looked up to and respected in my profession, but don't want an intimidating status. It's crucial for me and the role I want to hold, that people under my care know and understand that in everything that I am, my most eminent role is to be their friend. All these things and more I will find by becoming an RNFA. I can make a difference in the lives of my patients, in the field of nursing, and maybe even for myself.

Some people call me a dreamer, so what if I am?

It is not a crime to dream, for if Thomas Edison had not dreamt, we could all, to this day, still be sitting in the soft glow of a candle flame to carry out our lives. Albert Einstein was inspired by a dream; and without it, we may not have ever known the true extent of the human mind as well as the incentive of the human spirit. Both are without limit, and with God, are even more infinite. Dreamers have been turning their dreams into reality since the beginning of mankind, making the world a better place to live in, if for no one else, at least for themselves. Without a dream, we have no direction and without direction, we have no destination.

If we are lacking a destination, tell me then, what is the purpose of our lives?

I want a career where I have the opportunity to make an impact on the world. My purpose is to serve others and make a genuine difference in the lives of children every day. With my great respect and admiration of youth and the innocence it entails, I need a profession involving the care and education of children; a profession where I'm expected to be a good role model for the children under my care, and one where I can exceed those expectations. I want a profession not yet dominated by my given gender so that I can show society that even though God chose to create me male, I have the compassion and understanding usually associated with women. These traits and more will allow me to be the among the best nurses, because I will not only be able to perform my job and carry out my duties, but also bring a warm heart and caring disposition that will give my patients confidence in my abilities to bring about peace, knowing they are in the most capable hands.

I'm not an intellectual, nor a scientist; I'm not a mathematician or an artist. Heck, with my English grades, I'm not a writer either. There is one thing I know I am, though, and that is a servant. I was put on Earth to serve.

There are many ways to serve others and the Lord, so why am I choosing nursing?

I see it as a field that can be improved and a discipline that places me in a position where I can work to make the changes that need to be made. Nursing is something I've been familiar with for a long time. I was born with a rare neurological disease, and because of my vast research, I now know how Neurofibromatosis type 2, my disease, works and I will be able to use that knowledge in my aspiration as a Registered Nurse First Assistant.

With the knowledge I've acquired, I can be a mentor to children like me who are facing neurosurgery and cannot possibly know what to expect. When you are different like me, you never stop trying to find others like you and when you come up empty handed every time, it eats away at your heart. I can be for them what I never had, but never stopped trying to find. No child deserves to live a life being misunderstood and therefore unable to accept him or herself. What every child does deserve is to have someone like themselves to educate them, mentor them, lead them, and love them as God created them: different. My knowledge is more than the anatomy and physiological understanding of my disease; it's of the emotional and spiritual familiarity with it as well. That is something you cannot learn from books and tests, only from life. I will continue my education and use my insight into the emotional side of medical care to equip me with the ability to help my patients on more levels than others without my experiences can offer.

There are many objectives I hope to accomplish as an RNFA. I not only want to make a difference in the lives of my patients, but hope to make a difference in the field of nursing and the medical field in general. Take, for example, the old saying that "nurses eat their young." It's not necessary or helpful that veteran nurses choose to make the careers of younger less experienced nurses even more difficult. I believe this can be improved by creating a mentor program where each veteran nurse takes a rookie nurse under his or her wing and help them learn to fly, so to speak. Another problem I'm all too familiar with is the high cost of quality health care. I believe that this, too, can be improved. I know that as a RNFA, I will offer a service entirely comparable with a surgeon in a residency program, but for a fraction of the cost and with more intense training and qualifications than the resident surgeon. That alone will give my patients higher quality health care at a more affordable cost.

I feel it's important society understands that not all men are sexual or abusive predators and that many of us, myself included, want only to be a father figure to youth everywhere. I've felt the sting of sexism. I know what it's like to be denied a role I long to hold because of the reputation of my gender. It isn't fair for youth or men that the male adult be looked upon as a predator rather than the nurturing and caring role model the majority of us long to be. Perhaps that's why this field calls to me in such an irresistible manner, maybe I am meant to cause a change in thinking, to make the world see that men can be just as compassionate and caring as their female counterparts. This profession will not just give me a means of income, but a satisfying and worthwhile career, as well as a starting place for me to make this world a better place to live in for both men and children. I hope by now you can see that becoming a nurse wasn't something I decided to do on a whim. My plans for my education, career, future patients, and the field of medicine will not only fulfill my dreams, but also allow me to move down the path God has laid before me and live my life in a way that maximizes the skills and traits He chose to bestow upon me.

nice piece of work, inspired.

it is sincere and well-articulated.

may all your dreams come true.:balloons:

leslie

Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

Why aren't you focusing on the qualities that you possess that would make you a good first assistant in the operating room because that is what an rnfa is? (http://www.austinareaaorn.org/beingarnfa.htm)

This is for an application to a school to be accepted into an rnfa program? Do you already have your rn or is getting your rn part of the program? If so, this is not an essay that I would recommend that you use. Sorry to be harsh, but I'd put your application on the rejection pile. Although there are some good parts in it, there is too much negativity. You always want to project a positive image of yourself when applying for a position. negativity turns people off immediately. I guarantee that the people reading your application essay don't give a rat's behind what your feelings are about god choosing to make you a male, the old saying that "nurses eat their young", your references to sexism and sexual predators and the comment that the world would be "a better place to live in for both men and children". Are you trying to tic off the people reading this who are probably women? As I read your essay i thought, "what a great job of self-sabotage."

Contrary to what you have put in your essay, rns are scientific and very rational in their thinking. From day 1 of nursing school we are taught all kinds of scientific principles as the reasoning for why we do the things we do. And in the or more than anywhere that scientific rationale is followed to the letter. An rnfa program wants level headed rational thinkers in their classes, not a debater of society's ills which is pretty much what you have done in your essay.

i recommend that you begin again. Tell the school why you want to be an rnfa and what qualities you possess that would make you a good rnfa (do not elaborate on the qualities you do not have). Read the webpage I listed above for you. do not bring up any controversial issues of sexism, your gender or predators. Don't talk about being a male in a female dominated profession. They don't want to hear that. You are trying to get accepted into a nursing program! Specifically include something about a future goal of why you would like to specialize in pediatric neurosurgery because you yourself have type 2 neurofibromatosis and leave god out of it. You should elaborate a bit about your own personal surgical experiences with this and how it has led you to want to be an rnfa because that will personalize you with the reader.

My experiences and my faith have lead me down a path where I know I can make a difference in the lives of others and in the world. I work to better myself in every way, every day, so that I can fulfill my dream of becoming a Registered Nurse First Assistant, with a specialization in pediatric neurosurgery. I want a job that's different every day, one where people look up to me as a professional in my field. My career should not only challenge me intellectually, but emotionally as well. I want to be there when people need a hug or tears dried as much as I want to be there when people need a complex procedure explained to them. By educating myself in this field, I will become a healer, but also a comforter, a role model, and a leader who serves as a team player. I want to be looked up to and respected in my profession, but don't want an intimidating status. It's crucial for me and the role I want to hold, that people under my care know and understand that in everything that I am, my most eminent role is to be their friend. All these things and more I will find by becoming an RNFA. I can make a difference in the lives of my patients, in the field of nursing, and maybe even for myself.

For this, some people call me a dreamer, but so what if I am? It is not a crime to dream, for if Thomas Edison had not dreamt, we could all, to this day, still be sitting in the soft glow of a candle flame to carry out our lives. Albert Einstein was inspired by a dream; and without it, we may not have ever known the true extent of the human mind as well as the incentive of the human spirit. Both are without limit, and with God, are even more infinite. Dreamers have been turning their dreams into reality since the beginning of mankind, making the world a better place to live in, if for no one else, at least for themselves. Without a dream, we have no direction and without direction, we have no destination.

If we are lacking a destination, tell me then, what is the purpose of our lives?

I want a career where I have the opportunity to make an impact on the world. My purpose is to serve others and make a genuine difference in the lives of children every day. With my great respect and admiration of youth and the innocence it entails, I need a profession involving the care and education of children; a profession where I'm expected to be a good role model for the children under my care, and one where I can exceed those expectations. I want a profession not yet dominated by my given gender so that I can show society that even though God chose to create me male, I have the compassion and understanding usually associated with women. These traits and more will allow me to be the among the best nurses, because I will not only be able to perform my job and carry out my duties, but also bring a warm heart and caring disposition that will give my patients confidence in my abilities to bring about peace, knowing they are in the most capable hands.

I'm not an intellectual, nor a scientist; I'm not a mathematician or an artist. Heck, with my English grades, I'm not a writer either. There is one thing I know I am, though, and that is a servant. I was put on Earth to serve. There are many ways to serve others and the Lord, so why am I choosing nursing? I see it as a field that can be improved and a discipline that places me in a position where I can work to make the changes that need to be made. Nursing is something I've been familiar with for a long time. I was born with a rare neurological disease, and because of my vast research, I now know how Neurofibromatosis type 2, my disease, works and I will be able to use that knowledge in my aspiration as a Registered Nurse First Assistant. With the knowledge I've acquired, I can be a mentor to children like me who are facing neurosurgery and cannot possibly know what to expect. When you are different like me, you never stop trying to find others like you and when you come up empty handed every time, it eats away at your heart. I can be for them what I never had, but never stopped trying to find. No child deserves to live a life being misunderstood and therefore unable to accept him or herself. What every child does deserve is to have someone like themselves to educate them, mentor them, lead them, and love them as God created them: different. My knowledge is more than the anatomy and physiological understanding of my disease; it's of the emotional and spiritual familiarity with it as well. That is something you cannot learn from books and tests, only from life. I will continue my education and use my insight into the emotional side of medical care to equip me with the ability to help my patients on more levels than others without my experiences can offer.

There are many objectives I hope to accomplish as an RNFA. I not only want to make a difference in the lives of my patients, but hope to make a difference in the field of nursing and the medical field in general. Take, for example, the old saying that "nurses eat their young." It's not necessary or helpful that veteran nurses choose to make the careers of younger less experienced nurses even more difficult. I believe this can be improved by creating a mentor program where each veteran nurse takes a rookie nurse under his or her wing and help them learn to fly, so to speak. Another problem I'm all too familiar with is the high cost of quality health care. I believe that this, too, can be improved. I know that as a RNFA, I will offer a service entirely comparable with a surgeon in a residency program, but for a fraction of the cost and with more intense training and qualifications than the resident surgeon. That alone will give my patients higher quality health care at a more affordable cost.

I feel its important society understands that not all men are sexual or abusive predators and that many of us, myself included, want only to be a father figure to youth everywhere. I've felt the sting of sexism. I know what it's like to be denied a role I long to hold because of the reputation of my gender. It isn't fair for youth or men that the male adult be looked upon as a predator rather than the nurturing and caring role model the majority of us long to be. Perhaps that's why this field calls to me in such an irresistible manner, maybe I am meant to cause a change in thinking, to make the world see that men can be just as compassionate and caring as their female counterparts. This profession will not just give me a means of income, but a satisfying and worthwhile career, as well as a starting place for me to make this world a better place to live in for both men and children. I hope by now you can see that becoming a nurse wasn't something I decided to do on a whim. My plans for my education, career, future patients, and the field of medicine will not only fulfill my dreams, but also allow me to move down the path God has laid before me and live my life in a way that maximizes the skills and traits He chose to bestow upon me.

I was just browsing through a number of things on this site and ran across your essay. Wow - your words inspired me and brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for opening yourself up and expressing yourself so thoughtfully and cogently. God bless you for pursuing your dreams. I know one day you'll make a fine nurse. :up:

I was just browsing through a number of things on this site and ran across your essay. Wow - your words inspired me and brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for opening yourself up and expressing yourself so thoughtfully and cogently. God bless you for pursuing your dreams. I know one day you'll make a fine nurse. :up:

I'm very flattered that my words could have such a positive effect on another. Especially a nurse. Thank you. :)

I'm very flattered that my words could have such a positive effect on another. Especially a nurse. Thank you. :)

Oh, I'm not a nurse - yet. I'm a CNA - student, pre-nursing, working on completing my pre-reqs. I was just very inspired by your words which helped me to focus more on my goal. Goal, being, to work in Geriatrics in LTC and later in Hospice. Becoming a nurse is something I've wanted for a long time now, especially giving care to the elderly, weak, disabled and dying. Your words were real - something I could identify with - touching my spirit and heart.

Oh, I'm not a nurse - yet. I'm a CNA - student, pre-nursing, working on completing my pre-reqs. I was just very inspired by your words which helped me to focus more on my goal. Goal, being, to work in Geriatrics in LTC and later in Hospice. Becoming a nurse is something I've wanted for a long time now, especially giving care to the elderly, weak, disabled and dying. Your words were real - something I could identify with - touching my spirit and heart.

Aw man! You've got me blushing now. I hope you succeed in your aspirations. :)

Specializes in CRNA.

I will offer a service entirely comparable with a surgeon in a residency program, but for a fraction of the cost and with more intense training and qualifications than the resident surgeon. That alone will give my patients higher quality health care at a more affordable cost.

Do you actually believe that an undergraduate degree, three to five additional college credit hours, and an average of 120 hours of clinical time is "comparable" with "more intense training and qualifications" than that of a resident surgeon? The surgical residents where I am at sometimes spend 120 hours in the OR and/or hospital in one week. I would not include that in your application essay. More importantly though, listen to what Daytonite mentioned. It is extremely useful information.

Do you actually believe that an undergraduate degree, three to five additional college credit hours, and an average of 120 hours of clinical time is "comparable" with "more intense training and qualifications" than that of a resident surgeon? The surgical residents where I am at sometimes spend 120 hours in the OR and/or hospital in one week. I would not include that in your application essay. More importantly though, listen to what Daytonite mentioned. It is extremely useful information.

God will not be excluded from my essay. I'd rather be nothing with him than a nurse without him.

Specializes in NICU.
God will not be excluded from my essay. I'd rather be nothing with him than a nurse without him.

RedCell didn't tell you to exclude God from your essay; he told you to exclude the part where you rank an undergrad degree above undergrad + med school + postgrad clinical experience.

As for your actual essay, I have to agree with Daytonite: it's a lot of fluff right now. A brief explanation of why you want to work in this field will suffice; everything else should be about why you think you can do it. Selling yourself short intellectually, with regard to either your writing or science/math skills, is shooting yourself in the foot. Nursing is more than just "being there" for kids (if you're interested in that, join Big Brothers or something); it takes the knowledge and critical thinking skills to make decisions and judgment calls and to advocate for your patient's best interests.

I totally agree with Daytonite. It sounds too leave it to Beaverish. I wouldn't take you seriously. I would like to hear more of your skills and what makes you a strong candidate. Sorry but even God couldn't get you into the RNFA with this essay.

You posted this in March '09 Im sure you've heard from the school you applied to by now. Did you get in? My guess is NO.

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