My name is Jeyson Paula, and I am a Nursing student at the New York City College of Technology (City Tech). In High school, I was interested in computers, but now I have other aspirations. As a City Tech student, I can say that it is not easy to choose what you are going to be doing for the rest of your life. However, I am inspired in Nursing with this training, I would like to become a Registered Nurse and work at Lincoln Hospital. I am looking forward to providing my service to the community. This is the best career for me because, I want to help people, and I want to inspire others. I want to interact with people, learn about their culture, and apply all my knowledge, to serve my patients. In this essay, I will guide you through my plan and show you the beauty that comes with becoming a nurse and the steps to become a nurse, so that I can be an example for others.
I called this Photo “City Tech”. This is where I am getting my education from.
In order to better, understand my decision of majoring in nursing and choosing to pursue a career at Lincoln Hospital, I will provide a detailed synopsis of what this life style holds. It is an advantage to know the following fact, According to New York City College of Technology, ( City Tech ) Catalog 2014-2015 ,“ Students are required to take the AT or Teas examination .” (City Tech. 176). The AT and Teas are test used as part of the admission process by nursing and allied health schools. In addition, I want to obtain a degree in nursing, because it will allow me to get a job at Lincoln Hospital as a registered nurse. According to Marquis, Bessie L. “RN perform a wide variety of job, educating patients about their condition, as well as establishing thrust.” (Marquis Bessie L.56). Furthermore, being a registered nurse involved many responsibilities and vigor. For example, inform the patient about their health status. In order to give a good service, trust is the most powerful value used by nurse.
Now that we have been educated about the background of Nursing, I would like to introduce you to my first reason, projecting why nursing is the best career for me.  When I was younger, I used to observe my parents at their job. I remember that they opened a small school behind my house. They taught classes to all my friends, and me. I always wanted to be like them, that is why I decided to join the nurse program; I want to help other to make the world a better place. Here are some example that nurse do during their working hours, According to Lanes L. “when individual need long – term services for themselves they are demanding the necessary   nursing home care” (Lanis L. 1). As you can see a nurse not just work at hospitals, they also provide their services at houses. This is why I would like to become a nurse because no matter the circumstance, we always going to be there to support our patients. My first reason has a strong impact in choosing this career, now is time to know my second reason.
In addition, to my personal devotion to be a nurse, I want to be a nurse, because I want to serve as a good example for others. Since I was a kid, I always wanted to be a good example for others. In addition to that, I remember teaching my cousin the right thing to do, once I told him to never talk to a stranger.  I did this, because I wanted to be a role model to my family, I did it, because I wanted to inspire others to follow my steps. I want to show the world that we can always give back to the community no matter what career you have. Another way to serve as good example to others, it is by being a leader. Being a nurse involves leadership, According to Louise Saladino, “Nurse Leaders implement these national standards by facilitating staff time to meet the demands of patients and or ganizational goals for high – quality, safe clinical.” (Louise Saladino. 292) As you can see nurse have to make sure of many things in order to keep their patient in a safety environment. This is an important example, because it let us know that safety is first.  Moreover, I am trying to say that no matter what career you have, or what job you have, always try to do your best because people always see the effort, and time that a person put in to his work, and that helps to motivate other people. My second reason influenced me to choose nursing as a major, however my third reason even more. I would explain the importance of interaction with people in the nurse field.
I called this photo  ” Nursing practice” because shows how nurse practice in their field before go out there, in the real world.
As a nurse, you need to have excellent communication skills. Ever since I remember I have always been a good communicator, making new friends or establishing a conversation with different people, has not been a problem for me. My third reason involved the following aspect. I I love to interact with people. I want to become a nurse, and hopefully get a job at Lincoln Hospital. The reason why I always love to interact with people is that I can learn more about their culture, and beliefs. I want to apply that knowledge to my work. As we know nursing is about to have good treatment to our patients, a good communication will establish a successful way without misunderstanding.  According to Tracy Gosselin role of RN Nursing “Rn nurse need to understand their role, and the role of others in the multidisciplinary team, share information frequently with the patient”. (Tracy Gosselin. 5). As you can see nurse need to inform the patient on their health status all the time. In case a nurse does not meet with this requirement, it will bring misunderstanding, and worries to the patient. Now that we know my third reason, I will guide you throughout my plans that will prepare me for my career, and the opportunity that I have here, at City Tech College.
This is the liberty of the school,I decided to called this “My studies” because I spent most of the time here doing my work.
Now that we learned about my reason of me becoming a nurse, it is time to introduce my plan here at The New York College of Technology, Moreover, I learnt about the opportunity that we have in City Tech. Before going to City Tech, I was in a technology high school called Academy for language and technology, I have always been interested in becoming a nurse but my high school did not have many science classes. After I started college my first science class was Biology 1101, it is introduction to biology. I am looking forward to establishing a well knowledge in biology, that is why I took in consideration one of the opportunity that City Tech offer. I joined a science club, in this club, we review the lecture of the day. I believe that City Tech is the right school for me to study Nursing because, it provide us, all the classes we need to become a Nurse. Moreover, it provides review sheet to study every lecture class. As a freshman, I was confused, nervous and scared because, I did not know what classes I need to take for the next semester, I went to an adviser who helped me to make my plan for the future. I have the opportunity to go to the department of Nursing and I asked few question, According Aida Egues “you need to keep your GPA over 3.5 all the time, because nurse is very competitive, we take the highest score first then the other are placed in a waiting list.”(Dr. Aida Egues) Dr. Aida Egues helped me a lot because now I know that I need to get high score in my class in order to get into the program. Furthermore, I did not know that Nursing has a waiting list. Moreover, I visited the delta hygiene department for more information. According to Dr. Brown “you need to be strong in math and science don’t waste your time, take Biology 2011 and make sure to get an A in those class.” (Dr. Brown). I must focus on my studies to achieve my goals because I am not the only one other who is trying to get into the Nursing program. As you can see becoming a nurse involves hard work, and dedication, however I look forward to be a nurse, and there is no such thing I cannot do.
In conclusion, will finish my studies of Nursing in City Tech, I am really happy because will never forget this years, being part of City Tech community will help me see the world in different way because now I am experiencing what it is like to be a grown man. Moreover After finishing my first part of Bachelor degree in Nursing; I will transfer to another school and work in my master, at the same time I will get a job at Lincoln hospital, and finally my dream will be come true, I will help others, just like my mom and dad did then, when they were younger. I hope this essay inspire other people to take nurse as a major, as you can see nurse save millions of life, and that is the best feeling a nurse should feel, not the feeling of getting paid but just knowing that someone is alive because of you.
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