Essay 1

A Nurse

          As a young child did you ever play doctors and nurses? Well I did. I did not think that I would ever be a nurse or think about becoming a nurse. One day while I was in school we were in class going over how to properly write sentences and I was just really distracted and could not pay attention. All that while I had a bad feeling something was wrong with someone in my family. Sure enough the phone from the class rings and I look at the teacher and I have a bad feeling it was for me. The teacher looks at me and calls me over to her desk, she says to me “grab your things your father is on his way, there has been an accident”, I tried not to cry and I went to my desk and grabbed my things. As I was walking towards the office the walk seemed long and I the pain I had in my chest went away, I thought to myself “I knew something was wrong”.
I got to the office and I saw my dad filling out the papers for me to leave school. H finished and we left, I asked him what’s wrong where’s mommy?. All he said “your mom is in the hospital she is having a baby!”. My face was in shock I didn’t know if I was excited or scared or what all I knew is I was having another sibling. When we got to the hospital my mom was still in the delivery room and me and my aunt were in the waiting room. About an hr later my dad came out with a smile on his face and said “it’s a boy!”. At that point I was excited and nervous; I couldn’t wait to meet my baby brother. We went into the room where my mom was and I saw her breast feeding my little brother Alex. Yes that was what they named him, Alejandro Rodriguez.
               When we were in the room the nurses came in and they all were very understanding and even seemed excited for me that I was a big sister. One of the nurses in particular let me hold my brother, which I was shocked because I was not allowed to hold the baby but she was nice enough to let me hold him. She showed me how to hold him to make sure I didn’t hurt him and even showed me how to burp him after he was done eating. It was there that I decided I wanted to be a labor and delivery nurse. At that moment I whispered to my mom “Mom I know what I want to be when I grow up” and she said “what?” I said “ a nurse”. A few days later when we left the hospital and were all settled I went to my friends house and let her know that I knew what I wanted to be when I got older, she said “that’s good Lilly, I hope u can fix me when I get hurt” I smiled at her and said “of course”.
         Years passed and I was entering my senior year and me and my dad we were in a meeting to choose my classes. The councelor asked me “what do you want to major in?” I told her “nursing”, she said “I recommend you take the nursing program from ROP, which will give you an insight into your nursing career”. I was excited that I was actually pursuing my dream of becoming a nurse. Little did I know the program was not what I was expecting, we where training with elderly patients. As we got through the program I began to like what I was doing and enjoyed talking with the elderly patients, they were funny and full of interesting stories.
          It was the end of our senior year and it was time for us to graduate from high school and for me from the nursing program too. My graduation from the nursing program was first. I was excited, nervous and happy because I couldn’t believe I actually did it, I made it through this program and actually enjoyed it and decided that I was going to still pursue my career as a nurse. As the teacher called my name to go up and get my diploma I got nervous because I was chosen to say the speech for our entire class. As I was walking up to the stage my hands started getting sweaty and as always I tripped and made a fool of myself; but I laughed and acted as it didn’t happen. I said my speech and everyone clapped and soon enough our ceremony was over and we all went out to celebrate, I was proud of myself that I accomplished my goal of becoming a nurse even if it was just being a nurse assistant.
           Soon after I got a job at a hospital where I helped patients get better from injuries they had. I loved my job and was excited that I could finally put my talents to good use and that I could help people, just as that nurse showed me how to hold my brother. I stayed at that hospital for a year and then I heard of a hospice nurse and decided to try that, just so I can be sure that I wanted to work as a pediatrics nurse. I soon found myself in another classroom studying to become a hospice nurse; which was no different than a nurse assistant except that I got to help patients in their homes, boarding cares and or hospitals.
It was that day that my mom was in the hospital that I met those nurses that I decided to be a nurse and I did everything I could to pursue my goal of becoming a nurse. Even now that I am attending college I am doing everything I can to become a registered nurse. That goes to show you how a certain event can shape you to become a better person or even decide what you will become when you get older; like in my case, those nurses showed me compassion and understanding and that was exactly what I wanted to be and I am sure I am like that or even better for the patients that I take care of.