Newly Med

hi everyone!

i will officially be a nursing student in august! i just graduated from high school and will be attending the florida hospital college of health sciences nursing program (if anyone goes to fhchs please give me feedback on how u like it) on a full scholorship by the way!. i am so happy!! :biggringi

my plans are to get my masters in nursing and to eventually travel to 3rd war countries. i was thinking of joining doctors without borders and/or become an international travel nurse. right now my interests are er/pediatric er, and ob/gyn. i recently conducted an internship at the disney's cancer institute which was a really interesting experience, however in a way it was a little boring at times because of all the rules and regulations, but don't get me wrong, it was a fantastic experience!

last summer i also went to the national youth leadership forum on medicine, which was such a blast! i have never had such a great time! just that alone makes me so anxious to start!

anyway, i just wanted to introduce who i am and get some help/feedback on something. i have to write an essay to apply for nursing admissions (i have been accepted for general admissions but not nursing yet). the essay's prompt is basically why i want to go into nursing and why i chose the florida hospital college of health sciences. i have so many things in my mind but i just keep getting stumped when it comes to starting the essay. i have a few different approaches for it.

the first one is to bluntly answer the questions, which i thought wasnt very creative, or to write as if i had already accomplished my goals/dreams and to describe all the major details that lead me to that point...sort of like writing like i went back in time to reflect on my life (as if i took a time machine back to my past years). or maybe to write with an accumulation of quotes (which i would need help with from all u brains that read my post). i guess sort of to write my essay with quotes here in there about what nurses in general love about their job and how i haven't started the actual journey of being a nurse but how i can't wait to do so based on all the joy and self fulfillment that i will recieve by being a nurse. what do you think? any input? i am going to try to start this essay asap. i have to have it in by july something. i also love the saying from the first grey's anatomy. i dont recall it word for word but it goes something like this: it's (medical school) not an easy journey, some fail, others succeed. those who succeed finds that all the hard work was worth every headache..." i was thinking of putting that in my essay...well see. oh geez...i just thought of something else from patch adams...wow, im such a scatter brain today...dont mind me.

anyway, sorry about how long this post is...i just have so much on my mind and so little ppl to talk to about it. i just felt that this was my opportunity to get it all off my chest and hopefully have people read and respond to me. thanks for listening! oh, and if u dont mind, could u please right what u love most about having a career in nursing and what u hate most...if anything. thank you so much for all your help in advance!!!

sincerely,

marissa