Why I Want To Become A Pediatric Oncology Nurse

As a senior in high school, I have come to the conclusion that it is adroit to always plan ahead. I also have realized that plans hardly ever go exactly as contrived. Often times, the plans I have made will alter in some type of way, or drop all together, resulting in a very stressed out senior in high school. I came to this insight when I changed my entire career choice in a matter of forty minuets. My plans were always to become a dance teacher, but while watching a medical drama about kids with cancer, I soon realized that I am supposed to be a pediatric oncology nurse. With that decision my whole future was antithesis from the original plan. When I was younger I had a friend with osteosarcoma. I witnessed the calamitous effects that the disease had on not only

He was always smiling and had the most positive attitude no matter what the disease threw his way. These two people have so much influence in my plans for a career. The joy their personalities have brought to me is inexpressible. Without them, I would never have had the heart or desire to be a nurse. Then, watching the medical drama really brought everything together in my brain. After my brain and heart were on board, I felt God calling me to follow his plans he has for me. As I have learned though, plans are susceptible to change and I might be a doctor instead, or God might place me in a dance studio to teach. I have to trust that God will place me in the career that is best for me, and that will ultimately glorify God in the end. I hope to be a light into the lives of the kids and families. It can be easiest to tell the struggling families about God because they will look for something to blame for their misfortune, but they can trust in God rather then blaming him. I suspire to be a great nurse for the kids that have unfortunate circumstances thrown their way by providing a simple smile or hug on the arduous