Nursing Assistant Personal Statement

As I am getting closer to completing the healthcare leadership program, I recently reflected on my career in healthcare and the decisions that led to my desire to pursue a career in healthcare leadership. As a child, I enjoyed helping people and cared a lot about making others feel comfortable. As a young adult, I explored career opportunities that would allow me to enrich the lives of others and decided to become a nursing assistant. As a nursing assistant, I received immense satisfaction from seeing the smiles of patients and families I cared for and supported. I also learned a lot about life from the wisdom my patients imparted to me, as they shared stories about their own personal journeys. The clinical experience and knowledge I gained

Laurie was a team manager and her responsibilities included coordination of patient care, scheduling and presiding over team meetings, supervision of all members of the health care team. The organization is large and during my recruitment, I received training and education about the company’s goals for expansion, mission, and expectations for performance from individuals who worked in the Human Resources department and I frequently spoke with Susan, one of the CNA coordinators who helped with talent recruitment. Susan’s responsibilities included coordination of CNA schedules, disbursement of patient care supplies, supervision of documentation and payroll. Although I was encouraged to communicate with the team manager and field nurse (once I began to work independently in the field) during orientation, very few ever returned calls or emails. As a result, I communicated with Susan, the CNA coordinator to ensure that she was aware of any patient related concerns that emerged during my visits and documented my observations and efforts to contact the nurse and supervisor. In addition to overcoming the barriers of upward communication, there was a delay in downward communication and the feedback I received from Susan was delayed or received from nurses at team meetings when the information conveyed was no longer relevant (the patient either expired, was reassigned or their condition worsened). However, they later expressed their appreciation of my efforts to communicate, but no changes in communication