Being an LPN is a very good
accomplishment since I've always wanted to work in the medical field and be a
positive influence in people's lives, especially in the lives of those who need
it the most. The past couple of years have been very exciting for me and after two
years of intense practical experience in the field, I want to do more. Although
the LPN degree is a proud achievement, I feel limited in a lot of ways. Often
times at my current job, I have to defer duties to other more qualified nurses.
I feel at times a bit useless for not being able to help a patient at my full
capacity.
There are numerous reasons why I
want to be an RN. First, I feel there are so many more things I need to learn
in the nursing field. An RN degree will provide me with essentially a lot of
in-depth knowledge of how best to be a nurse. I always want to be more
knowledgeable about what I do. I want to know so much more clinically about how
to care for a patient. I have this insatiable appetite to learn new things and
new ways of doing things. It is one thing to know how to administer 3 mg of
medications rather than 4 mg to a patient, but it is a totally different thing
to understand why. Right now, more qualified nurses tell me what to do. Which
is fine; however I’ve reached the point where I need to move further into the
knowledge of the nursing field.
Second, because of the slow pace of
the economy, companies are more interested in hiring nurses with more medical
education and the RN degree is what they mostly look after in an individual
wanting to fully exploit their professional dreams. There is no secret about
it, if we can do the things we love while getting a higher financial and
economic reward for it, that will lead to personal and professional
fulfillment. Caring for people is faculty I was born with. My growing up in a
family where my grandmother was a revered nurse in the community ingrained in
me that desire to create a smile on somebody’s heart during the hard times of
sickness. Nonetheless, the economic challenges I face encourage me to have to
earn more to take care of my family, which is my first priority. My children
are currently attending highly performant private Christian schools with
tuition costs that are clear challenges to me and my husband. We don’t want to
trade a solid academic and Christian-oriented education for our children for
anything. My parents were not as educated as I am and yet they invested
everything they had even what they did not have to give me an education they
didn’t have themselves. As a family heritage, I have to continue the trend of
arming my children with educational opportunities I didn’t have myself at their
age. The world is coming more depraved morally and everything is becoming
prohibitively expensive. Being an RN will allow me to not only fulfill this
urge to help but will also increase my employability in this competitive market
so I can earn enough money to sustain or ameliorate my family’s lifestyle.
Third, an RN degree will offer me a
variety of opportunities to go farther, since it is the true foundation of
higher degrees. I’ve always had the feeling, as an LPN, that I’m doing
something short of my academic abilities. Being an RN will clearly put me in a
position where I feel I’ve succeeded academically with the chance to really
feel proud of myself. I have two brothers who are medical doctors and several
sisters and cousins who are experienced nurses. I’ve always been looked up to
in the family as a go-getter who always long for more when most would be
satisfied. I feel the weight of those expectations. Pushing my education
further is more of a family duty rather than a personal preference.
And most important of all, when I
was growing up, I witnessed how my grand-mother made such a powerful impact on
people’s lives as a nurse. A few years ago, my mother was diagnosed with and
died of cancer. As sad as this event was for me, it has been the wind beneath
my wings. I always have the regretful sentiment that I was somewhat useless in
helping the family. So being an RN will equip me better so I can make a difference
in a patient’s life through positive attitude, empathy and tender care.
I still remember as if it was
yesterday, how nurses were taking care of my mom. Had it not been for their
service, my mother would have certainly died before her time. I want to be the
one to make other families feel the same way toward nurses and an RN degree is
a necessary next step for me. It is more than just a career move to me. It’s a
fulfilling chance to feel useful to life on this earth.
