Life
Monday, April 06, 2009
Growing up, my family did not have any money. Both of my parents were drug addicts and my brother and I were the one’s to pay the price. The only time I was able to eat was at school and eventually we were taken away and put in foster care. My grandmother took custody of us and ever since I was little I knew I wanted to help under privileged people that had the same life I did. I originally wanted to become a doctor but that changed soon after I had my son who is my world. While in the hospital, the nurses made my experience what it was. I saw the doctor for about an entire 20 minutes. At that point I realized I was in the wrong profession. There is a clinic near my home and I would love to be a part of that someday. Growing up with no money or anything to my name, I want others to realize that there is someone there for them to help them no matter what their situation is. I will not judge or discriminate. Coming from nothing, I have worked hard to get where I am today. I want to let others know that they do not always have to deal with the hand that life has dealt them.
After getting my BSN and working for awhile I would like to go back to school for my doctorate. The world is full of knowledge and I want to learn as much as I can so I can share it with others. I want to be that nurse that puts a smile on a patient’s face whether I see them at the hospital with a missing arm or at the clinic because they cannot afford the hospital, it does not matter. Every sniffle matters. I would love to work in a clinic and help others achieve their goals as well as my own. I am a hard worker and enjoy learning about the body and if I receive this scholarship, I will work hard to make my dreams come true.
posted in: Ohio
The Art of Nursing
Monday, April 06, 2009
I always thought that I wanted to be a doctor because that is what my grandfather was. It wasnâ?Tt until my senior year in high school that I changed my goals in life. I was given three life changing experiences. The first was the opportunity to go to a medical conference in Chicago. The second was a day in a doctorâ?Ts office where I was continually brushed off to shadow the nurse rather than the doctor. The third was my senior project at St. Anneâ?Ts hospital in the OB unit. I went in every day for a week and realized that nursing is where I am supposed to be. I feel so gratified helping other people in a nursing role that I knew I could do it and get paid very little for it just because the real payment would be the look on a patientâ?Ts face when I can sit down and calm their fears or care enough to hear about their family and why they are in the hospital. I realized from these three experiences that I wanted to spend time with the patients and not be there simply to make a diagnosis. I want to know what the patient is like and be able to put my hand on their arm and see the relief on their face when I can tell them everything will be okay. I want to be able to make them feel better.
I currently work in a hospital as an aid. I love my job but I want to be able to do more for the patients. No matter how hard it is to get out of bed in the morning, once I look at the patients that I will be caring for that day I realize what a good day it is going to be and look forward to the stories that each of my patients can tell me or what new knowledge I can gain that day. I want to be a nurse because I want to spend my life being a servant to those in need and helping anybody that I can. Nursing is the only thing that I can picture myself being successful and happy doing. Whenever I try to think of anything else that will make me happy it always in some way comes back to nursing.
posted in: Ohio
My Future Awaits
Monday, April 06, 2009
Nursing is often chosen because it offers job security, financial stability, and the privilege of working with and caring for people. These were naturally part of why I initially chose nursing. After being in school for two years, I now see many more opportunities within nursing that were invisible to me as an incoming freshman. Thus far into the coursework we have completed a clinical in a nursing home facility and are beginning our time in an acute care setting. Further into the program many more styles of nursing are exposed to us. This is one of the many perks of my career choice, a broad and ever expanding field to choose from. Another point that is stressed to us as students is the possibilities that are offered if you continue up the education ladder. Within nursing the sky is the limit on the amount of education one can receive. With each notch on the ladder completed, more expertise follows. I truly believe I have chosen a career that has infinite possibilities to offer to all capable, qualified, lifelong learners.
My first clinical experience opened my eyes to what I was getting into. While in the nursing home we were able to give care at the most basic level and have the opportunity to really connect with those familiar faces. This is so rare in nursing today because of the fast paced routine of the hospital setting. We were expected to give bed baths, change bedding, clothes, depends, help to deliver and feed lunches, and pass medications. This was my first experience with being in someoneā?Ts personal space and barley knowing more than their name. While at first I was intimidated, as the semester passed by I realized that by performing these basic and therapeutic tasks with my patients I was able to build a much stronger and more trusting relationship. To me, this is the heart of nursing and solidified more than ever before; I am choosing the right career. Since building these relationships with people I canā?Tt imagine a life where I canā?Tt do this every day.
Although nursing is a common career choice it is not one easily completed. Schoolwork is complex and very challenging. Some may buckle under the pressure or choose another path for themselves. I have no doubt chosen a competitive and difficult course of study but I knew that coming into it. I know what is expected of me and I get the work done. I take my classes very seriously because I know the information Iā?Tm learning now is what will help save lives in the future. I also believe that when school is something the student has to pay for they learn to appreciate it more. When I graduate I will be able to say that I did it for myself and no one else. I will have an ever changing career with endless opportunity, itā?Ts only two years away, and I canā?Tt wait!
posted in: Ohio
Candidate for Scholarship
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
My name is Jennifer Lasky and I just turned 18. I used to live in Buffalo
New York but I moved to Lima Ohio with my boyfriend last August when I was
17. The reason for this drastic move was my parents were doing things that i
didn’t aprove of. Also the town knew one profession: drug dealing and that
was not a profession I agreed with. So when I had the opportunity to leave I
did and it was the best choice I could have ever made. I moved to Lima with
my boyfriend because he received a scholorship from The University of North
Western Ohio for auto repair and high performance. It was very hard being on
my own at first because being 17, I could not get into a regualr school.
This really upset me and it almost made me go back home because school has
always been a number one priority. Fortunatley I did get into a school. It
was a miracle! I do all my work at home and go into the school for tests.
This curriculum is not one which I preferred but I was still able to learn
which is great!
I have always been proud of my acedemic accomplishments, from winning
spelling bees to winning a presidents award from being on the honor roll to
today being told that I am at the top of my class. Those accomplishments are
now in the past and I would like to add acedemic accomplishments to my life.
My goals include, getting a 4.0 gpa at the end of this year, graduating
college at the top and learning everything that I possibley can, I want to
read about everything, every medical disease, illness, cancers, infedtions,
anything and I want to figure out cures and helpful ways to make those
people feel comfortable. my biggest goal is I want to be the most pretigious
nurse in today’s world and i want to know that I helped someone everyday of
my life. I also want to own a very nice house with a library filled with
medical books, amazing literature, and books that will make my mind wander.
In general I want to accel accedemically, become a prestigious nurse, be an
overal nice and amazing person and wife, I want to have kids that have a mom
that they look up to, I want to show sick people how beautiful the world is
even in the hospital(believe me i know how to, my boyfriend has been
admitted to the university hospital countless times)
I believe that I am a good canidate for this scholorship because I want tp
exceed from regular nursing studies and go above and beyond and learn
everything that I can possibly know. I would’nt waste the scholorship and I
would become an amazing nurse with this scholorship. This scholorship would
help me with my goals. I want to help everyone in everyway that i can. I
believe that I deserve this scholorship I left a bad city to be happy and to
accel somewhere where it is actually possible, i setled for a senior year of
high school that was not normal and now I don’t want to just settle for
anything, these are my specific goals and I’m going to reach them and with
the scholorship there is no doubt that I won’t
thank you
posted in: Ohio