Mid-Term Reflection In Nursing

Mid-term Reflection
As long as I can remember, my whole childhood I have known what I wanted a career in. I have always wanted to be some type of nurse, this influence came from my mother, who is a nurse and inspired me to also become one. In ACA I learned this still might be the right step for me. As we have went on in the semester we have learned what our personality type is and what are learning skills are revolved around. Mine deals best with complex communication and problem-solving in times of stress.
My personality also includes being hard-working, which is a helpful tool as it takes very good grades and a bachelor's degree or higher to get to my career goal. As I have hit sophomore year, I have specified my career choice a little bit more and decided to become a neonatal nurse. Helping people, especially children, is my passion and has been for quite some time now. The next step would of course choosing the right college for my personal needs and wants.

I have learned in this class not to just trust facts online, but to go to the campus I am thinking of going to and visiting the campus grounds as well so I can get the full effect of it before I apply.

For my perfect college it would be either medium or small in size, so I won’t feel as surrounded or cornered in my learning environment, for cause of further anxiety problems, which I will have to learn to control and am working on it. The next part of college that would fit me individually would have to be low or average cost, due to the fact my family isn’t that wealthy and I would probably have to pay for most myself. Lastly, my perfect college would include being close to home, which applies to any college in North Carolina. (One that has a medical program that

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Before I started attending ACA, during the summer I knew I wanted to go to Lees-Mcrae, but now that we have researched more in class I learned, I would prefer Duke University over it due to the budget costs, and graduation rate. When I enter college though, whether it is perfect for me or not, the challenges i’m going to face will still be greatly difficult. My anxiety is lessening, but it is still there and it keeps me from being as open and talkative as I would like to be, causing me to probably be more of a loner and not as for as much help as others with the same questions as me. The other obstacles I will face as I become a college student will be all the assignments and papers that will be due on a specific time and I will have to reign back on my procrastination and get them done, and done efficiently.
I want to have a great college experience, one that I will remember for all the good memories and none of the bad. I will be surrounded by that certain college or university's college culture and I will most likely have to adapt to it. College culture is the atmosphere the campus creates and the clubs and such it is composed of. Duke University has everything I am looking for and I hope I get accepted when I apply. It will give me a chance to interact with new and different people, not just the same people I see in this small town everyday. It will also help me start being more mature and ready for life after my education is over.