Becoming A Nurse Anesthetist Essay

Everyone has a story about why they want to become a nurse anesthetist. As a child, I never once considered a career in the medical field. I always thought I would choose a career in business, so that I could learn to manage my own grocery store. I grew up in a small village, where resources were limited. My parents separated when I was too young to remember and with no support from my father, my mother sought work as a seamstress. With the little money she managed to save, she was determined to leave in search of a better life. When I was fifteen years old, I emigrated from Trinidad and Tobago to the United States of America. However, the transition was far from what we had expected. My mother; having no relatives to rely on, providing for three children seemed impossible. She worked three jobs and desperately tried to make ends meet.
By my senior year of high school, I was working two jobs to earn money for college. I had planned to attend a state university with every intention of continuing along the business path.
I remember taking the bus home from work at ten o’clock that Friday night. When I arrived home, I found my mother, barely conscious on the sofa. She was rushed to the hospital, where she was admitted to the intensive care unit. Exposed to an unfamiliar hospital environment and plagued with the uncertainty of the outcome; we were vulnerable and overwhelmed. My siblings and I were later informed that our mother had suffered a significant coronary event. There were times we felt incapable of making appropriate decisions regarding the ongoing care of our mother. Thus, we relied heavily on healthcare staff for support and assurance. Over the course of her hospitalization, my mother’s care was further complicated by thromboembolic disease for which she required surgical