Why I want to be a RN

 

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.