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NICU Nurse Personal Statement
Nurses are a big part of this world. They help you through the most difficult times of your life and never leave your side. My life goal since I was ten was to be a NICU nurse. Although, I still have a long ways to go. As a senior in high school, I try to be as involved as possible. I am a part of Tahoma High School leadership class, Interact club, Sports Medicine Club, fifth grade camp counselor both junior and senior years, and Gymnastics team. Through leadership I have been a leadership retreat participant and leader, breaking down the walls participant and leader, a leader of the Bear Crew Executive Board, I’ve gone to two leadership conferences, Servus and Jostens, I’ve contributed 50+ hours of coronation and homecoming set up and I was …show more content…
Having that mindset so early on I knew in high school, I had to work to the best of my ability to be able to go to college to make my dreams come true.
I specifically want to be a NICU nurse. My cousin Cora was my inspiration. When she was born, she had to go to the NICU right away. We were unable to see her for a couple days. As soon as we left the hospital, I started researching the NICU and instantly fell in love with it. From that day on I knew that I wanted to be those nurses saving babies that are grasping on to dear life. I want to be able to use my nursing degree to save as many babies as possible.
However, College is not cheap. Especially when you live in a one parent's income house and your parents didn’t start a saving fund for college when you were born. Growing up we went through multiple bankruptcies that change our way of living. We no longer had that flexibility of life. We had to watch everything we bought and ate. Having such a big dream of being a nurse requires lots of schooling and with my financial background it’s a little more complicated than it should be. My dad said that he would try to help pay for my first two years of community
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Having scholarship would benefit me so much. I wouldn't have to worry about my family going bankrupt again because they are trying to pay for my college. It would alleviate so much financial stress. From our financial troubles I’ve learned that you need to use your money smart. Buy only what you need, not what you want. Over the course of high school some of my hard work and community service have been recognized. I've lettered in gymnastics four years in a row, I got put on Bear Crew Executive Board because of all the hard work i’ve been putting back into the school. I’ve had a tremendous amount of experience with children. I’ve babysat kids of all ages for the last eight years. I currently work at The Little Gym in Maple Valley. I teach kids gymnastics ranging from 3 years to 12 years.
The summer going into my junior year I completed a week long nurse camp through MultiCare. The nurse camp was a very competitive camp. They looked at our grades, essays and involvement in school and the community. There were 600+ high school students who applied. I was one of the 110 students that got in. At the camp we did OR and ER day. Completed two job shadows. Mine were in MRI/CT and Primary care of pediatrics. Lastly, we had speakers that gave us more information about going into the medical field. This camp was very beneficial to me. It helped reassure me that I wanted to be a NICU nurse and that it was were I was meant to

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