Personal Narrative: A Career As A Nurse

During my childhood my teachers would always ask me “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Without giving it much thought I would always say a teacher or a chef. As I got older I realized what I really wanted to be when I grew up. I became interested in becoming a nurse when I was around 12. My aunt, who is a nurse would always tell me stories about her patients and what was going on at the hospital she worked at. During my sophomore year I was privileged enough to job shadow my aunt’s friend Jana. It was a great, rewarding experience. I job shadowed at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center. I went to the hospital around 7 in the morning. I met Jana and she explained to me what we were going to be doing. We started off by taking a tour of the hospital. She showed me each floor and what its purpose was. We then went to the department she was assigned. She introduced me to some of her patients.
She brought me into the patient’s rooms where they were staying and showed me things such as how to take their temperature and explained what you had to do when you were in a certain patient’s room. Then it was Jana’s lunch break. We sat in the break room and talked more about what nursing is all about. She told me that she wanted to become a nurse ever since she was little. She said she was very outgoing growing up and she always loved helping people. Her mother was a nurse in Wisconsin.
All in all, my job shadowing experience was a great experience. I learned so much about the profession and I am very excited to take the steps in becoming a nurse. Nurses are very important people because they help people that are in