Annexstad Family Foundation Leaders for Tomorrow Scholarship
Please submit an essay describing how you have triumphed over significant personal and/or family hardship, e.g., loss of one or both parents, foster care placement, physical disability, severe poverty, victim of serious crime, etc.
I have triumphed over significant personal hardships by having determination, getting excellent grades, and never giving up. Ten years ago, I was diagnosed with anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Behavior Impulsive Disorder, and Autism. Having these disorders does not define me and I do not let it stop me from accomplishing my goals. By having ADHD, makes it more difficult for me to focus in class. I am able
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At the age of 16, I was diagnosed with stage four Hodgkin's Lymphoma. The cancer spread to lungs, neck, spleen, and stomach. After chemotherapy, 28 radiations, and six surgeries I am finally cancer free. I was determined to fight cancer and maintaining a 4.0-grade point average. Without my determination and my strength, I would not be here today. I will achieve this goal by going to my cancer checkup appointments a few times a year. I will achieve my goal by exercising and eating healthy. I need to be cancer free to become a nurse …show more content…
By attending Winona State University, I will receive the training that I need to become a nurse. My first step towards achieving my goal working towards becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant. While attending Winona State University, I will earn a CNA license. As a full-time student, I plan on working as a Certified Nursing Assistant until I receive my Bachelors of Science in Nursing degree. In 2021, I plan on becoming a Registered Nurse. As a registered nurse, I will be a full-time student in the graduate program at the Winona State University campus, in Rochester, Minnesota. In 2024, I plan on graduating from graduate school and I will be a Nurse Practitioner. I want to be a nurse practitioner because it will make the world a better place and I will be saving people's lives. I want to help people throughout their fight against cancer and to be an inspiration to other cancer
I am headstrong in finishing my goal to pursue my education.These circumstances are the reason I started Nursing and going to continue Nursing.Getting an education was very important to me back in 1987 and it still important to me today! I hope to study the bachelor of Nursing course through WGU so that I can continue to accelerate in my Nursing career.
Anatole France once stated, “To accomplish great things, you must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.” I believe that my life of nursing and will research start in Baltimore, Maryland at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. I believe a whole new world will be open to me because I decided to live the life of bettering the lives of others. Similarly, to my mentor Zwade Marshall, I want to do so much for my community by using the greatest tools, which are education and medicine. I know that a graduate degree and research is not the last step. Then again I know that the University of Maryland is the greatest place to start.
My courses and experience has empowered, and has reinforced my determination to pursue a career as a nurse. I am eager and excited about starting nursing school, and having my dream which started as a young girl to come full circle. I am convinced I am a good candidate because I have the innate drive to complete the program. I am willing to learn and use those skills and knowledge acquired to provide something meaningful to the society and humanity. I have the personal determination to face the challenges and rigors of nursing school. With hard work, perseverance, and determination I believe I have the essential character to be successful as a nursing student and an excellent quality nurse in the near future. A degree in nursing paves ways for other degrees to emerge especially for those interested in furthering their education in health care. I am committed to continue to pursed advanced degree in nursing ultimately becoming a nurse practitioner. . In the next five to ten years from now, I want to write articles and books about nursing and healthcare related. Therefore, I believe that if I improve myself further positively, I will grow from strength to strength and one day my paper will be read in one of the prestigious newsletters, journals, and textbooks. I know the sky is my starting
Although some individuals may believe that it was a miracle that my father survived cancer, it was much more than that. The optimism of my family, friends, and loved ones enabled my dad to relieve his stress and focus on his cancer treatment. This situation has changed my mindset in life and it has provoked me to stay hopeful even when the odds are not in my favor. I’ve began to use positive thinking to help guide myself to my ambitions. This made my transition into adulthood much easier because I was prepared to deal with difficult situations. I began to cherish my loved ones even more than before. I realized all the luxuries that I had received and took for granted. I learned that the most important people in life is your family and without them, it’s near impossible to be successful. If my father had lost his fight, I would have had to become more independent as I would become the man of the house. Going into adulthood, I’ve learned that I should take situations into my owns hands rathering that relying on others. Some people that may be there for you today, may not be there
Ever since I was in middle school I dreamed of working in the medical field. I realized nursing was the profession for me when my grandfather became terribly sick with lung cancer during my freshman year of high school. It puzzled me that one of the healthiest and most physically active people I knew could be afflicted by such a damaging disease. After watching my grandfather’s suffering and the pain my entire family felt from his death, I knew I wanted to go into a field to help others that are facing the same challenges. This is when I discovered all of the opportunities that a career in nursing could offer me.
It’s amazing how a horrific and negative life changing event can encourage and guide you in the path of your future. The end result may not be visible when it first takes place, but the process of a recovery can be extremely educational. You see, I was provided the opportunity of job shadowing firsthand the fields of athletic training and physical therapy due to a knee injury. I believe the majority of people would consider a severely damaged knee a dramatic setback in life. I was able to find the silver lining during the recovery.
Farah Ahmedi is a poor girl looking for a better life. Walt Masters is a different boy doing the right thing by saving claims. Aengus is the god of love, curious and determined to obtain what he wants. However, all three of them are determined to complete the mission that they have undertaken because they were trying to make their lives and other lives better.
What led me to nursing in the beginning was having a passion for people. I love the holistic approach and level of care that nurses bring to the literal bedside table. I knew throughout nursing school that I wanted to advance my education further than bedside nursing. I debated on whether to pursue a master’s degree in nursing and just become a nurse practitioner, but ultimately, I knew I wanted to advance my education even further to help make and promote changes in healthcare. By choosing to become a doctorally prepared nurse practitioner, I hope to change the stigma that is attached with being “just a nurse” and show that nurses play a vital role in redesigning
My interest in nursing first stemed when my grandfather was diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer. Hospice had come into their home, and I was amazed at how they coped with their job. The people who took care of the person I loved the most, were compassionate and caring. Most of all they helped all of us through a time of need. During that time I realized helping people in whatever way I could in the medical field, was the career for me. My grandmother was also a nurse. She would tell me stories of when she worked in different hospitals. When I heard all of her experiences, I wanted to make memories of my own in the nursing field. This past summer, I took a CNA course at Valley Falls/Holton, Kansas. When I enrolled in this course, I thought
I had to learn to adjust life without my sibling because my mom did not have enough money for them to be with us and adapt to a new culture. During this my mother and I ended up homeless during the winter months, this was the most brutal and embarrassing time of our life. In my teenage life I have overcome many obstacles; Even though we were living in poverty my mother had high expectation for her children and graduating from high school was just the beginning unfortunately I stumble again, I failed my Math Regent and did not graduate but I was determined not to be discouraged .
My academic goal is to graduate in the Top 10% of my class. I have gained knowledge of the nursing profession through classroom training activities, local medical facility visits, inspirational speakers and mentor presentations. It has motivated me to continue my education. It has also helped me realize that taking care of the needs of others is important; the way in which I can do this is by becoming a nurse. I know this is my calling to care for others, and for me this program has made it possible. I propose to myself to get at least an A in all my
In life, people will always have something to say about you in everything one does in life, either negative or positive, but it’s the moment when you let what is said upon you affect the way you live your life, that when its becomes a problem. I for myself have been victim of so many people saying things about me and letting get into my head, but I had the courage to overcome a lot of obstacles like that. I have struggled with a lot of obstacles in my life some got the better of me while I have been able to overcome most of them. I am writing this essay to give an example of an obstacle which I struggled with for a very long time and I nearly took the best of me, but with time I was able to overcome it.
I have had the opportunity to care for wonderful individuals, each of whom have contributed the fabric of my personal nursing career. Nursing is a profession of both joy and sadness combined. My career has provided me the opportunity to care for those I need. In retrospect I can say that my personal nursing tapestry is comprised of patients who were grateful to a care team, after being revived from suffering a sudden cardiac event, the smile of a trusting child, a hand to be held while working with hospice patients and their families. My current role is a case manager. I seldom have direct contact with patients who have chronic illnesses, yet I am gifted with their trust. I have been given an opportunity to support, care, respect, educate, collaborate and research practice improvement initiatives. I continue to formulate my own nursing philosophy daily. While I experience daily encounters that allow my tapestry to become more colorful and detailed, I allow myself to set new goals. My final nursing goal, is to become a nurse practitioner. I can see myself in the next year working in an academic capacity in becoming a leader in rural health improvement and proficient at educating patients with diabetes and other chronic conditions, speaking at national events, advocating for patients and playing an active role in health policy. In five years I can see myself being ready to embark on another
Hardship is part of everyone's life, people just go through it differently. Hardship is something that causes suffering or deprivation. Some synonyms are adversity, asperity, hardness, difficulty, and rigor. Some near antonyms are advantage, break, and opportunity. Hardship a good thing, but it can also be your enemy if you allow it. The taliban shot Malala Yousafzai in the head for daring to to speak up for girls’ education in pakistan. She is alive and speaking today because she persevered. Temple Grandin was bullied for her autism all her life. People never believed in her, but she made a humane curved cattle chute that 35% of cattle in america are handled in. Hannelore Wolff endured the horrors of 8 labor and concentration camps. She was assaulted and abused. But she survived and wrote a book on how she pushed through all the hardship in the camps. Hannelore, Malala, and Temple have all had to go through hardship to get where they are now.
If we let our personal challenges destroy us, then we are nothing and have nothing to offer the world. It is important that we take control of our situation and use the personal hardship as an opportunity to better ourselves. It takes a keen eye and careful self-evaluation to remove any inclusions that will mar the beautiful diamond we possess in all of us. Each one of us is shaped into a distinctive cut of stone, giving way to different grades of clarity and color, making us rare, valuable, and uniquely our own. Frederick Douglass and Barbara Ehrenreich are two individuals who lived in different time periods; however, both individuals used their personal struggles to inspire change in the hearts of others. Just as I use my struggle as a tool to chip away the imperfections in my life, Frederick and Barbara used their experiences to chip away the fallacies of our nation. Personal challenges encourage me to grow as an individual and make better choices for a brighter future.