The Importance Of A Career In Nursing

‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ A question that everyone is asked multiple times through their childhood. Until about 2 years ago, I didn’t quite know what I wanted to do. I had made the jumps from meteorologist, to engineer, to medical technician, to pilot. But one day when we were on vacation, my aunt, an RN at Beloit Memorial Hospital, asked me what I wanted to do. At that point, I admitted I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I told her my current academic path was leading me towards the science field, but I knew that was too broad of a dream. Of course, her being in the line of work she was in, she asked me if I had ever thought of being a nurse. I was skeptical at first, but after an hour of information and question answering,

One thing I’d like to know, is what can a bachelor’s of nursing degree get you? Of course it can get you a job as an RN in virtually any hospital, but what else? I’d like to know if I could work in a retirement home, or a clinic, or even at a school. Another question I have involves advancement opportunities. I’m sure that with experience and hard work comes raises in pay, but is there an actual promotion someone could get? Maybe not a completely new job, but maybe going from an RN to a Head Nurse? However, I digress. Away from the money and job title, I’d like to know more about the people. How much patient interaction is involved with nurses, where the line is between things a doctor does and things a nurse does, and the general environment are all things I’d like to know, and all things I’m hoping to find out as I intern. Answering these questions will be most helpful in my learning experience over the next 5 years, but I’m more interested in what happens after

I want to give back to the world and help people. It 's not fair of me to say that not everyone helps someone in more ways than others, but being involved with the health and wellbeing of others may be more important than walking door to door asking people to sign up with your cable provider, or sitting in an office all day emailing people about what color to make the new iPhone. Hospital staff see patients at their worst, and do everything in their power to make them better. What could be more charitable? If I 'm ever fortunate enough to be in that position, then I 'll be giving back to the world by having the power to help heal people, so they themselves can contribute to the world, and make their own little world better. There 's nothing more important to humans than their own health and well being, even if they don’t realize it. Making healing professions one of the most vital in