Personal Narrative: My Life As A Neonatal Nurse

Ever since I was little I’ve always envisioned about being many things, like a singer or an actress, but one thing that always stayed unchanging was my drive to be a part of the medical field. Being a nurse was something that I always felt was fitting for me. Until recently I didn’t know what kind of nurse I wanted to be, all I thought was that I just wanted to take care of everybody. I had no clue that being a neonatal nurse was what I would’ve wanted as my future dream job. During my early teens, I started babysitting and I was very fond of it. I put caring and babysitting together and new a child's nurse was something I needed to look into. By probing the nursing program I know that I would be an exceptional nurse. I place confidence in

my ability to work hard and make the most of the program to strive and become better and better every day.

Most times a nurse is identified as a person who only takes care of sick people. Not only is that just sad, but it may also be destructive to a nurse. A nurse, of any kind, is so much more than that. They take their time to make sure a patient is satisfied and they are always patient with them. I want to help those anxious mothers and fathers to help their child. I want to be able to look someone in the eyes and just say “I know everything will be alright.” I understand that there will be times, as a neonatal nurse, that things will not go the way I, nor the parents will want them to go, but I want to be able to put on a strong face on and help them get through it and do everything in my power to fix it. I know there are still many more things that I need to learn and I am preparing myself. To me, money is not what I am after. I am after the thought of knowing that I will enjoy my job. I know that with this program I will do an amazing job of that.

Nursing will give me the chance to really impact my patients and the community and that is what I want to be known as.