Why I Want to Be a Nurse?

Why I Want to be a Nurse

Sara M Kazerouni

Elmira College

Why I Want to be a Nurse

        I was always interested in choosing the career of nursing due to the influence of my grandmother. Whenever I would visit her in Sweden, she would always have this nursing box of bandages, first aid supplies, and stethoscopes, and she would help me play nurse on all my “sick” family members. Even when someone in the family was actually sick, I would watch as she always knew exactly what to do to care for them and make them feel better, without even  thinking about the right steps to take, it was just her instinct. Watching my grandma be so confident in being able to help people is what made me want to be able to help people in the same way that she did, and have those instincts along with the knowledge of professional nursing in my own head.

        My grandma was the best at helping people with anything medical as she always had a remedy for everything, and she is the type of nurse that I aspire to be.  Even when she abruptly became diagnosed with cancer she still continued caring for my grandpa and everyone else in my family as best as she could, until she lost the battle with cancer. My grandma’s devotion to her career even when she was not on the job is what has influenced me to continue in her path. Hopefully in the future I will have grandkids that look up to my nursing professionalism and aspire to be like me, just as I did to her.

        I chose the path of becoming a Registered Nurse with a Bachelor of Science degree due to the fact that it is the smartest decision to make in the present. Right now there is an abundant need for nurses in every field and it is a safe choice for me to make, while still being able to do

what I love, helping people. There are so many different career paths that are available after becoming a registered nurse, as I could be a nurse working in a  hospital at one point in my life, and then maybe down the line begin teaching nursing if I wanted to. This career path is also smart because of the salary that I will be able to make straight out of college, and by doing something that helps the public too.  I would not be able to live my life working a job sitting at a desk for nine hours a day, and nursing gives me the excitement of something new and the satisfaction of being able to say “I help people for a living” , using the skills that I will have gathered and the assets I have as a person.