To continue caring for sick people as a nurse provides satisfaction. On top of that taking care of nearly dying people and helping them go back to their healthy lives is the best prize I could ever get. My mother was also in critical condition because of post-partum hemorrhage, when I was born, at home. According to my father; he was not expecting that my mother would come back to her life without treatment at the hospital. After the treatment by doctors and nurses, they brought her fragile life back into the world. Now we are together again. My mother’s story about the treatment that magically healed her at hospital inspired me to be a nurse. I also understood that I could help the people who need treatment and be of assistance even though I do not know them personally. So, I went to the nursing school. Now, I am working as a RN at Sibley Hospital in the Medical/Surgical unit. But, it is my wish to be a unit manager in the future; just an Associate Degree RN did not satisfy me. I have to work my way up. So, I made it my goal to get a higher education and make plans accordingly to improve my personal and professional qualities.
Without a professional goal we cannot improve our performance at work. “It is important to identify a number of professional development opportunities and select the ones that match interests and needs” (Besnoy, 2007, p. 47). My professional goal is to become a Unit Manager. I have to start at the bottom though and work my way higher and higher. I make plan to shift my job from Medical/Surgical unit to ICU. That will help me to learn how to deal and treat for more critical patients. Staying at the bedside of patients and assessing them provides information about patient’s condition. This gives us a guide for what treatment(s) to give them. If they get their treatment(s) on time then they can progress faster. It can prevent from becoming