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Being in a world where medicine is crucial for our survival, becoming a nurse is something I want to do. I am a student at City Tech and I am hoping to pursue a career as a nurse. My motive behind choosing nursing is to learn more about the medical field. Me choosing this career is the wisest decision I have made. The benefits of me becoming a nurse is I that will have a stable job, good salary and most importantly helping others. Preparation is key in the field of nursing and in this essay I will be talking about what it takes to make into a nursing career. Not only that, I will be talking about why I choose my major, with supporting details on why I want to pursue this major.
The College Catalog 2014 – 2015 give an introduction to the Nursing. The 2014 – 2015 college catalog tells us about the courses ” Required Core, Flexible Core, College Option Requirement, Associate level Course and Baccalaureate- Level Course” (Pg.180). The nursing program outcome will be to “Utilize the caring model to safely meet the health needs of clients of all ages in a variety of settings” (Pg.175). This program will teach me to continue lifelong learning activities and professional development. I will get out of this program with a “Function as a client advocate in the healthcare system” (Pg.176). The catalog also tells me that I can’t slack off. I need to be on top of the game. According to this catalog ” To qualify for admission overall GPA of 2.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale” (Pg.179). The topic of the article I chose is “A patient’s- Eye- View of Nurses” to get a sense of what patients think about Nurses. This article talks about the amount of trouble that patients would be facing without nurses. This article says, “Had never before understood how much good nursing care contributes to patients’ safety and comfort, especially when they are very sick or disabled” (Lawrence 2). This example clearly shows that when the person got sick only then they understand the contribution of nurses. “What personal care hospitalized patients now get is mostly from nurses. When nursing is not optimal, patient care is never good” (4). It clearly describes the importance of nurses. The example above shows that without the nurses patient care wouldn’t be good. It is very important to have nurses in order to give people good care. This article says, “Nurses’ observations and suggestions have saved many doctors from making fatal mistakes in caring for patients” (4). This example clearly shows how much nurses help the doctors and without the nurses doctors wouldn’t be that successful. According to this article you get a sense of that nurses job is not only to take care of patients but to give their best and without nurses the amount of care patients get would never be possible.
Now that I’ve discussed the background information about nursing, I will say why it is the right career for me. I believe it is important to be happy with the job you choose no matter what your major is. I chose the article “ Concept analysis and job satisfaction in nursing” to read and learn about satisfaction rates in a nursing career. The article acknowledges me of, “Job satisfaction influences productivity, performance, absenteeism, retention, recruitment, organizational commitment, patient satisfaction, and patient care” (Gustavo 130). This clearly is an example of how job satisfaction plays a huge rule not only for our whole life career but also in our lives. Not being happy with our job can lead to negative effects ,such as, “Poor motivation, stress, absenteeism and high labor turnover” (130). The example describe how important it is to be satisfied with your job. The article also states “Job satisfaction now exists in health care” (132). This article confirms that there is job satisfaction in nursing and that confirms that I won’t be in a stressful job. Thus, these examples show how much job satisfaction matters in our lives.
The reason why I chose nursing is because, I want to help people. After helping someone the feeling you get is amazing and can’t be described. I love when you can help the needy and be the reason of their smile. Nursing is a place where you can be useful for other people. The article I chose is “Nurses, Addicted to Helping People” By Abigail Zuger, M.D. This article talks about different experiences of people and how brightening up other people’s day was actually the biggest happiness of their life. “For twelve years I took care of children who would never get better. People ask how I could do it, but it was the most fulfilling job of my life. We couldn’t cure these kids, but we could give them a better hour or even a better minute of life. All we wanted to do was make their day a little brighter”(Zuger 3) This example tells us that in Nursing you get to help other’s and by being useful it gives you happiness. In this article John Barbe, a hospice nurse in Florida says, “I love what I do; I can’t stay away from this place” (4). It tells that Nursing is very addicting and when you get a habit of helping others it gives you a peace and you can’t let go of it.
Making a good amount of money is very important in every job. The reason why I chose Nursing is because of the amount of money I will be making as a Nurse. In the U.S. News and World Report it tells about the salary of Nurses. The reports says, “The median salary for a registered nurse was $65,470 in 2012” (1). The amount of money report tells us that is pretty good. After 2012, the salary of nurses has been increasing.The report also says that every nurse makes different amount of money. According to the report, “RNs made more than $94,720, while the bottom 10 percent earned less than $45,040” (1). This example give us a sense of that every nurse makes different amount. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics “Employment of registered nurses is projected to grow 19 percent from 2012 to 2022, faster than the average for all occupations” (1). This example shows that the nurses will be in demand which shows that I won’t have to worry about not getting a job or losing the job.
I have discussed about all the reasons of why I chose Nursing for my future studies, now I will discuss what can I do to prepare for the career. To be prepared for nursing, it is very important to have good grades and be on top of the game. I need to fulfill all the requirements with a 3.5 GPA. The most important thing is to do internships which is related to your career. This way you can get a sense of what you will be expected to do in the future. It is very important to have an idea of what you will have to do in your career later on and how to do it. I interviewed Professor Garofalo and he told me some important things for the Nursing program. “All nursing classes must be taken to be eligible to sit for the national exam (NCLEX)” (Garofolo). She also told me “City Tech is a member of CUNY and does accept most credits from other colleges”(Garofolo).
Nursing is a very good choice for my major. Nursing pays good amount of money, you get to help people and there is job satisfaction. I chose Nursing because of these reason. Medical field is very competitive but it gives us the job stability while helping others. I always wanted to help others and without nurses patients will never have the amount of good care they have. I believe I made the right decision by choosing nursing as my major.Nursing will make me a better person as well because helping people will give me good signals within. Nursing is a job where I will get all the things a person wants in their job.
Work Cited
Gustavo, Castaneda “Job Satisfaction in Nursing: A Concept Analysis”. Nursing Forum. Apr-Jun2014, 2, p130-138. 10p. Academic Search Complete.Web.24 Nov.2014
Garofalo, Patricia. Email to the author. 3 Dec 2014. Email
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New York Times. Altman, Lawrence. “A patient’s- Eye View of Nurses.” 3:37pm 10, Feb.2014:Web.24 Nov.2014
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