Nursing Application Essay

Out of all the things that you can give to someone, hospitality and patience are priceless and invaluable to all that they are given. This has always been my belief, and these two values are especially appreciated in healthcare when they are sometimes all you can give to a struggling resident, peer, or friend. I was given the opportunity through my shop, Sports Medicine/Allied Health Careers at Lenape Tech and the Armstrong County Memorial Hospital’s partnership program, to volunteer this past year and get a glimpse inside the daily life of the hospital staff, and I now have a new appreciation, not just for the nurses and physicians, but for all those dedicated men and women that have chosen to go into healthcare and spend their nights and days helping those

Before I was given the opportunity to volunteer at ACMH, I was not as familiar with a hospital setting as some people are. The most exposure I had to a hospital was passing it to go to the Diamond Drugs Pharmacy to pick up my acne medication, so being able to go behind the closed doors and see all the services and duties of the hospital staff was eye opening to me. I do not think you truly understand how invaluable a nurse is until you help him or her do their runs, and see how much they are depended on for the hospital as a whole to function. With all of this responsibility, comes great strain and sometimes the feeling of being stretched thin, so I am gratified that I could lighten their load even slightly because they do so much every day for so many people. I also spent time with other members of the staff, such as physical therapists, that spend hours helping those in need of rehabilitation; whether from a recent surgery or degenerative changes due to aging, return to their highest possible quality of life. This involves hours and hours of repetitive exercises and patience when someone needs more time to make progress or uncooperative at first. I have been accepted