The author has always wanted to work in healthcare and help people. As a child, they wanted to be a doctor, but later became interested in nursing. Previous jobs like waitressing were not fulfilling or challenging enough. When working at a nursing home, the author realized they wanted a career providing direct care to patients. Their goal is to become a registered nurse and dedicate their life to helping others through both healthcare and teaching. Nursing attracts the author because it offers a variety of settings, locations, and opportunities to continually learn and expand their skills.

1. Why I choose a career in the medical field.
The medical field has always been a childhood dream of mine. I find the human body
fascinating. When I was young child I wanted to be a doctor. Then nursing became an alternative
as I got older. Becoming a nurse will help me achieve my professional goal. I have always felt a
deep desire to help people whenever they needed it, and would stop at no end to help them. I
want to help people achieve and maintain good health, to make someone feel special, let them
know that someone cares about them and getting well, whatever the situation, and comfort them
when they are in pain or even dying. I also want a career where I can earn a respectable living
but still feel fulfilled and interested in what I’m doing. The possibilities are endless; I know that
my day to day duties will never be the same. I know that being a nurse is very stressful but
rewarding too, plus the salary and benefits are tremendous.
Many of the jobs I have actually wanted to do and tried have never really worked out. I’ve tried
waitressing, working in restaurants and even managed a small convenience store. Office work
never quite caught my attention. Answering phones, sorting files, and sitting behind a computer
were not interesting to me. I loved the human interaction of the restaurant, however the work
itself was not challenging. I have no doubt that I want to pursue a career in nursing. Health care
is exactly the type of professional challenge I have been seeking all my life. When I worked at
Teas Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, I realized that it’s truly the personal impact of a
health giver that is satisfying and rewarding.
My goal is to become a registered nurse and to dedicate my life to helping people. I'm
determined to become a nurse to touch lives not only as a provider of health care but also as a
teacher. I am committed to excelling personally and professionally in all that I do and to serve as
a role model by leading a healthy lifestyle.

2. I came to this goal as a result of my family background and my life experiences. I have a
strong work ethic. I am very loyal and trustworthy and always the person my friends, family and
co-workers would go to for advice or to empathize. I love helping people and have a big heart. I
am the kind of person who will give you my lunch to someone who has no money to eat. I’ll take
that extra five minutes and listen to a patient when I am pressed for time because health care is
not only to provide treatment, but it’s also expressing patience and being a great listener.
When I was looking into career options, nursing attracted my attention for a variety of
reasons, you could go anywhere, work with adults, children, in public health, prisons,
physicians’ offices, schools, factories, and were only limited by your level of education; I found
that nursing could be whatever I wanted to make of it. People need nurses in all aspects of life. If
I were to ever feel “expended out” in one area, I could educate myself and expand into another
field of nursing. If I needed to move to another country, I could transfer and easily find my niche
there. The sensation that you feel when you know you accomplished your goal to aid an
individual is priceless. The potential is endless in this field, from specialty areas to general
population, and from newborns through geriatrics. Nursing is probably the most personally
rewarding job there is.