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Patient Care and the Nursing Profession
From January of 2012 until the present day, I have worked as an LPN. During that time, I have been in pediatric homecare, where I monitored and cared for children on ventilators and with tracheotomies. My experience also includes hospice care for people of all ages, from children to the elderly. Doing this type of work has greatly influenced my career and the decision to continue my education, because I want to be able to do more and help a greater number of people. I enjoy the work I do, although it can be both physically and emotionally difficult, but I also realize that I could expand the work I am doing to cover a much wider scope of patient care. Nurses are in demand today, and they are always needed at hospitals and other medical facilities because of the current shortage. With so many good nurses leaving the profession through retirement or simply a desire to do something else, those who are very dedicated to the profession and will be in it for the long-term are needed.
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I have already proven to myself that I am capable of doing the work, and I know I deeply enjoy helping other people. In the kind of work I have done, I have learned that being a nurse is about more than saving lives. It is also about caring for patients who will not improve, or who are at the end of their life. These people deserve respect, dignity, and comfort, which are three things that a nurse can help them with, no matter the health issues they have. With the work I have already done with children and hospice patients, and the work I will be able to do with other patients in the future, I could provide a great deal of help and hope to patients and their families. Nursing is a rewarding career, and it is one that I feel I am very well suited to. Getting more education and training will only improve my life and the lives of the patients I will have the privilege of helping in the future.
There are a number of ways in which I can contribute to the nursing profession. I see myself…
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I want my patients safe, and I want them to maintain as much of their health as possible while on the road to recovery and/or acceptance of their conditions (in the event that they have an illness that is terminal or a progressive disorder or injury for which there is no cure). In order to do my job effectively, I will need to learn all I can; continuing education in