Certified Nursing Assistant Admission Essay

For four years I have know that ETSU was where I wanted to obtain my Nurse Practitioner Degree. I have been obsessed with the medical field for as long as I remember. I was that child who was always watching things like Grey’s Anatomy, Untold Stories of the ER, and HOUSE instead of normal kid shows. From the moment I learned that I could obtain my Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) licence in high school and work my way up, I knew that was what I wanted to do. In all my science classes I strived to learn everything I could. Any health class offered, I have took. My life has been consumed with learning, studying, and volunteering in any health care area. By the time my senior year came, in my own mind I felt I was already a nurse. That is when I got the biggest reality check.
My instructor seen my passion, drive, and skill and used me to help train my other classmates throughout the course. During clinicals I was tactful, compassionate, and determined to give the best care I possibly could. Even the CNA’s on the job would ask me to come help them if they needed it. I gained respect from the employees and also management. My classmates would call on me to help them, or to ask me questions. I was in the mindset that I was already a CNA and that that was my job. After completing the classwork and clinical hours part of the class, came the written and skills test administered by the state. After studying for almost three months straight, and practicing the skills over and over until they were second nature I knew I was ready to take and pass the test. I had faith in myself, more than I should have, that I was going to pass both sections with flying colors. Come test day everyone in my class was as nervous as a mice while I was perfectly calm. When it came my time and done my skills I knew I had passed. I had no doubt I had passed. Then she handed me my