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Sample Nursing Admission Essay

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Ever since the age of three, I knew I wanted to pursue nursing. The fateful day that led me on the course I’ve been pursuing for nearly seventeen years occurred when my grandmother took me to her appointment to get blood drawn; the nurse practioner drawing blood for my grandmother saw that I was curious and concerned and took the time to tell me what she was doing. After she had finished drawing blood, I noticed that my grandmother was bleeding down her arm and onto her yellow shirt and made it a mission to find the nurse and tell her. Upon me finding her and notifying her of my observation, she told me that I should be a nurse when I grow up since I was so interested and observant. Ever since then I noticed and aspired to be like the many …show more content…

Whenever asked by adults or friends what I wanted to be when I grew up, my answer has and will always be that I want to be a nurse. Over time with more education and more exposure, my answer has changed; I want to eventually be a nurse practioner, I want to become a certified emergency room nurse, I want to eventually become a doctor of nursing practice. Now that I’m well into my school’s nursing program and have started clinicals, my passion for nursing has only increased. Nursing school is the hardest and most frustrating process I have ever experienced in my life; sometimes it feels like I’m never going to get to NCLEX or let alone receive my BSN and everything is falling apart, but even on the worst days of class and throughout the worst exams and most stressful clinical experiences, I know that all of my frustration is worth it because I already get to experience how the care I give a patient can change their day and make their time in a hospital or any other setting more pleasant, even if the situation they are in does not give them much room for positivity. I know that all of my struggles in nursing school are solely so I can become the best nurse I can become and can one day save

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