My Nursing Role

A) Nurses play a special role interacting and building relationships with patients, mediating between patients and doctors, and calming patients amongst a stressful, emotional, and even chaotic atmosphere. When patients hear bad news, nurses are a source of comfort and support with words of encouragement and heart-warming smiles. Genuine compassion, emotional strength, and mental stability are required in order to support and protect a patient’s well being. Furthermore, nurses must primarily acknowledge the patient as an individual rather than a person with an illness and present themselves as a trustworthy companion rather than an obligatory caregiver. Nursing has many attractive qualities because they play various, but crucial, roles outside

of just providing medicine. Due to their diverse responsibilities, nurses are required in various fields today, such as ER, OB/GYN, nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, anesthetics, registered nurse, and traveling nurse. Nursing is not simply a career option but a decision to dedicate one’s energy, heart, mind, and emotions for another.

B) The demands of a nursing education requires one to be fully committed to caring for patients to the best of his or her ability as well as being patient and able to cooperate and work well in a team.

Due to working with people around in the university Colorado hospital, I believe I am equipped, ready, and determined to dedicate my life to this high level of responsibility. The leadership opportunities allowed me to develop and practice certain characteristics required for nursing. In the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit it has trained me to overcome emotional discouragement, be patient, be attentive to others’ needs before my own, be available for others, build and maintain relationships, organize events, and manage my time under a busy schedule. Moreover, knowing the competitiveness and rigor of nursing school, it has motivated me to maintain disciplined study habits to precede my goal to become a nurse. While working in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit for two years, my experience at this hospital became the most rewarding and enjoyable. The level of complexity and the demand of taking care of the patients in the hospital contributed to my strong passion and urgency to continue to grow my knowledge and help patients. I am fortunate enough to say that all my hardships, triumphs, and various experiences have contributed to my desire and determination to meet the demands of the nursing

education.

C) I had many opportunities to interact with many individuals with working as a CNA at university Colorado Hospital, and grew to love meeting new people, opening up spontaneous conversation, and building valuable relationships. Also, growing up being hard of hearing and coming from a diversity family it help me learn how to adapt, understand, and appreciate those from diverse social backgrounds and disabilities. Outside of my family I also have made friends with various ethnicities and learned about other cultures and exchange of values and ideas. I also understood the importance of embracing the culture and unity that develops within one ethnic or social group. Throughout my college years, I met many different people going through personal struggles. A friend of mine from school, who struggled with drugs, was someone who I especially remember. As we grew closer, I realized that she just needed someone to listen to her and be there for her. I was grateful to be able to comfort and heal her by staying with her during her troubled times. I am blessed to know that through my experiences, I was able to maintain my values for embracing other cultures.