Since the sixth grade I always knew what field I wanted to go in, but I never knew exactly what I wanted to do. I knew I always wanted to go into the medical field due to the fact my mother was always in out of the hospital due to her being diagnosed with cancer. I had a list of jobs that seemed interesting to me which was to be an anesthesiologist, registered nurse, nurse practitioner, or oncologists. When I got to college I finally picked my major which is nursing. I know my top five strengths will help me as I start my journey of becoming a registered nurse. By receiving my strengths freshman year of college, I know going into the medical field to become a registered nurse my strengths will only continue to grow rapidly due to the fact how competitive it is. For …show more content…
Although I haven’t had many jobs I can say I have had one job that has helped me develop as a person and figure out what I wanted to do in life. Over the summer I received a job working for Michigan department of transportation. This was only a summer job, but I have to say I’m happy till this day that I received the opportunity to work for them. MDOT was a summer program for engineering, but it also helped students that were getting ready to graduate from high school. This job made you talk about your goals, learn how to handle interviews, and not only that we were mentored by individuals that were already in college. When it comes to me getting work done I always make sure I complete my first task before moving on. Not only that, but I always made sure I stay organized because that’s the only way I can stay on task. My type of work style differs in certain situations. I have two work styles I mainly stick to which is working independently or working with others. I don’t mind working with others because that’s a way you meet new people, but sometimes I just like to be alone and get my work done all by
For my senior project I job shadowed a registered nurse on the Acute Rehab floor at Mercy General Hospital. My goals for senior project were to learn the basic skills a nurse needs to help a patient and to learn how to interact with different types of personalities. My mentor for my project was Michelle Whitten, she has been a nurse for two and a half years. Michelle has a B.S in nursing and a B.A in human development. She is certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR, Basic Life Support BLS, Advanced cardiac life support ACLS, Pediatric Advanced Life Support PALS, Cardiac Monitoring, MPR, and Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse CRRN.
Registered Nurse Kendra Stine English 11 III Miss Mittelman Mifflin County High School The career I am writing about is a registered nurse. A registered nurse can do many different things in their career field. I chose the career of being a registered nurse because I want to be like my mom. She is my best friend, and she is a great Certified Nurses Aid (CNA).
My Intent to Be a Nurse Practitioner Coming from a third world country where there aren’t many opportunities for work and funding for education, proceding to nursing school was a grand opportunity. The privilege to attend a government subsidized school where top students in the region compete to get into the program that allowed only 60 students per year was indeed a blessing. As clinical rotations began, what was once considered a mere opportunity evolved into a true passion for caring as I truly love and enjoy nursing and helping people.
This resolve helped me overcome financial and health hardships to get into medical school. I want to bring my strengths – curiosity, intuition, hard work and perseverance - to an Internal
To work smarter and to be more organized, I’ve tried to get to know myself as a learner and a worker. Books, online surveys, and reflecting on interactions have helped me to gather information and label what I believe to be true about myself. I have honored my preferences and attempt to keep those in mind as I collaborate and work on challenging projects. It isn’t really a preference of how I like to work, but more of how I’m made up.
When my clinical preceptor accepted the position of Operating Room (OR) Manager at Lakeland Hospital in St. Joe last year, there were 15 open Registered Nurse (RN) positions. It has been a continuous challenge to hire, train and maintain the nursing staff in the unit, especially with the six month training period that is required for this particular specialty. It has been a long process to fill these positions and although there are currently 19 RNs that work on the unit, there are still four open RN positions that remain vacant. This comes as a huge expense to the hospital as they are forced to use travel agency staff to fill these positions.
According to my preceptor last semester I demonstrates a sound understanding of self-care, self-reflection and work life balance. I also have an “understanding of the components of the nurse patient relationship, by maintaining an open and professional relationship with the patients.” I am also “demonstrated self-direction and initiative” (B. Mahy, personal communication, DATE). Rena Hania, my current preceptor indicates that my strengths include “Maturity, professionalism and desire for autonomy. Asks appropriate questions, and have a gift for connecting with my patients” (R. Hania, personal communication,
Introduction: As a first year student I have very specific goals in mind that I hope to achieve through my work in college. My main hopes for the future are that I pass all of my exams in the coming years, graduate and receive my honours degree in general nursing, become a registered nurse and finally get a job as a nurse. Throughout this essay, I have detailed my strengths and the opportunities that will help me finalise these goals along with my weaknesses and the threats that will hinder my progress. Strengths:
Social media is a tool which provides an opportunity to connect with other people to share the information as well as it can be used as a part of the health care delivery system (CNA, 2012). However, sound knowledge of risks associated with using social media in personal and professional life of nurses is very important (CNPS, 2012). Therefore, Mathew should be fully aware about the ethics and professional practice standards of nursing for sharing his life experiences on the Facebook account. It is very crucial to protect patients’ right to privacy and confidentiality all the time (Henderson & Dahnke, 2015). Not only this, Mathew as a Registered Practical Nurse should maintain professional boundaries, profession’s integrity and employer policies
After taking a personality quiz, I researched all of my suggested jobs to find what I found most interesting. I came to the conclusion of nursing and it helps to know people who are in that field and talk to them about their experience. I once attended one of my friend’s chemo appointments and found myself talking to one of her nurses. That day I decided that becoming a nurse is my career aspiration. After deciding on a career choice, I performed research on the job and discovered certain requirements, salaries, the types of nurses, etc.
There are many positions that I can uphold in the field of Registered Nursing such as, Travel Nurse, labor and delivery, surgical nurse, and the list can go on. To hold a position as a Nurse one must have many personal and professional traits. Some of my professional traits that I have would I am well organized, hardworking, and a team player; which I feel all of those characteristics should be held by a nurse. Some personal traits of mine would be that I am loving, caring, strong willed, people person, and outgoing. All of the traits that I listed personal and professional will impress my future employers.
Making the decision of what career path you want to follow in life was always simple for me. Nursing, nursing was the path I thought to be my destiny. Growing up in a family that comes from an education background, I always had a strong interest about going into education as my own career choice. My choice of teaching as a career was not made lightly; rather, it was the process of reflection about what I have already accomplished and what I want to do with my life.
One of the most impactful opportunities I’ve had was working for my volunteer job with Career Trek. At career trek, I had the opportunity to work with students on discovering different career paths they can take, and learning the steps they would need to take to become involved in the field they want to choose. You get a chance to teach classes as well as help students connect more in depth with the lessons and the activities, and you can create a personal connection which can help the children learn. One of the things I was fortunate enough to do was be a junior instructor for theatre and film, one of our career fields. I had the opportunity to teach the lessons and engage the students in their learning.
You need to know what’s going to make you succeed or fail at various careers. With an understanding of your strengths and weaknesses, and an awareness of what you truly value, you are in an excellent position to pick a career that you find rewarding. (BSM Consulting, Inc. 1998-2015) Ever since I was a little girl, I always wanted to be one of three things, a veterinarian, nurse, or a teacher. At the young age of fifteen, I started working as a certified nursing assistant in a nursing home and on the side volunteered in an animal hospital and shelter to see if that was what I was called to do.
Every single person in this world is born with some weaknesses and strengths. Throughout our life we work to develop our weaknesses and continue to make the most of our strengths for a better future. Some people stay in denial and think they are perfect while others act on them, recognize their weaknesses and work on it to fix them. I graduated from nursing school in June 2013 and had several job interviews. I still remember human resource staff asking me about my professional strengths and weaknesses.