Nursing Reflection

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In this article the writer provides a self-reflection on becoming a nurse. Having always intended working at a profession within the field of medicine the writer describes the path towards nursing. This paper is used to describe some of the process through which the writer went to change attitudes in order to reach today's position. The writer explains past and present personal views regarding nursing. The writer concludes that although resistant at first, the future as a nurse looks exciting and the writer expresses a desire to do everything possible to ensure reaching this very important goal.

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"With a BS in Health Sciences, though, becoming a nurse made sense. I had the background that my health sciences degree provided and a look in the classified ads from any newspaper showed the demand that existed for nurses. It took a long time to convince myself to do it, but I decided to look into nursing school. I knew that my friends would give me a hard time if I enrolled, but I also knew that if I could get a good job, it would make any teasing easier to take."
"Part of what made my decision easier was that my family was supportive. Without my mother's encouragement to look into the field with an open mind, I would not even have considered it. She reminded me that regardless of any traditional beliefs that I might have, that I should be smart enough to look into a field that offered as many opportunities as nursing did."

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