Self letter to Nursing School

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I'm ready to apply to Nursing School this Fall and have to write a letter telling them why I want to be a Nurse. Well, I start brainstorming now. If anyone has any tips or ideas that can help me write an excellent letter, please share with me. I greatly appreciate all of your inputs ... thank you in advance!!!

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

I really believe that your nursing school wants to hear your thoughts, not ours.

Why do you want to be a nurse?

How long have you wanted to be a nurse?

Is there a particular specialty that you hope to work in?

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Specializes in ICU Stepdown.

Why do you want to be a nurse?

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Start by putting on this thread why you DO want to be a nurse.....and people can help you brush up wording, or offer thoughts. But YOU have to start by writing it down first :)

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I will tell you one thing to NOT say is the money. I started nursing school in April this year and have been loving every minute of it. Good luck to you!

Quick edit: Here's something useful - What experience do you have working with patients and why is that significant to you? Also what qualities do you think nurses SHOULD have? Both of these questions will take some thinking on your behalf but it should help you out. Also get used to critical thinking, you'll be doing alot of it!

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Specializes in ICU.

I think the point is to see if you can write a coherent letter and get your thoughts across; be sure to use correct spelling, punctuation, etc. They don't really care "why you want to be a nurse." I might be wrong, but it sounds to me like the essay papers I have had to write for admissions to colleges in the past.

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Hi Scroll89,

You're right. I don't think they want to hear that nurses make a lot of money and that's why I want to be a nurse lol From your first question, I have little direct patient care when I was in the Navy working in the Naval hospital. I wasn't a nurse at that time but the Navy trained me to do direct patient care to help the RN. However, when I got out of the Navy, I went into Pharmacy Technician instead of RN because I was scared of all of the deaths and pains of patients that I handled in the Naval hospital. But now, I want to go back to that experience because I finally realize it really means a lot to me. Pharmacy Technician is too easy for me and I know I can do more than just counting pills and mixing drugs. Well, I don't think I can say that in the letter because you're not supposed to degrade a profession over the other. Right?

To answer your second question, I think that most great nurses have patience, good sense of humor, and organizational skills. By the way, the admin people at the university told me not to use the word "medical" in the letter. What do you think of that?

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Ok, here are the thoughts I have ... will have more later on ...

1. I like to help people when they need >> is it too boring to say "help" ?

2. I want to save people's lives in anyway I can

3. I want to help my husband because he's sick and he'll need a nurse by his side 24/7

4. I want to travel to different places where there're victims of disasters to help them

5. I want to go back to my homeland to help the sick people who can't afford to pay for healthcare >> once or twice a year would be fine

....... what do you think of those thoughts?

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.
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