There are many careers that are very similar in terms of what students learn in the classroom to what they are supposed to do in the real world. However, I feel that Nursing is very different. My parents are both working in the healthcare field. My father is a doctor, and my mother is also a nurse. My aspiration to become a nurse came from my mom, the woman I admire most, who proudly did her best to promote health in the community besides all the direct care she did for her patients in the hospital. Coming from this healthcare provider family, my motivation to be a nurse started when they sometimes would let me tag along with their work, the times I really loved the most: the overflowing emotions seeing from the faces of their patients, the utter sadness upon the death of a loved one, or the delightedness when my mother tells them that they can go out in no time. In those times, I also realized that nursing is not just a profession; it is a duty, a commitment, a heartfelt service of care and love towards your fellowmen. Ever since my own experience in the healthcare field, I have been dedicated to becoming a nurse. As much as I have been invo
lved in my parents jobs, I have been roughly exposed to my beloved uncles treatments who was diagnosed with leukemia. After cancer metastasized to all his organs, all of a sudden he turned from an active young man into a depressed bedrest individual who was no longer able to do things that he yearned to do. Although my grandma and grandpa were chipped in to help, they could not give him the type of care he needed. It was only my mom as a nurse and a nurse from the hospital, for the time my mom was shift or busy, truly helped him. Sadly could not survive cancer, and even after his death nurses really supported our family emotionally to relieve them from the grief of his loss. All of this was what motivated me to apply to become an adult nurse. My interest in medicine was further bolstered by various biology, physiology, anatomy, and other courses that I have taken at the university, in which I have been able to see theoretical concepts in practice in the clinic. I have seen the mix of care, understanding, love, and respect that nurses should give their patients, which was the very reason that made me more patient and excited to become a nurse.