Personal Narrative: My Life As A Registered Nurse

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“ My father loved coming here and talking to you. He always stopped by the store to get your favorite snack on the way to the Emergency Room. I do not know how to show my appreciation. ’’ A stranger walked up to me, and handed over the flowers. I had no idea who he was and why he did that until he told me his father’s name. Even though I worked in the Emergency Room, there were some patients who were visiting regularly. He was one of those patients that I would see once or twice a week. It was a tough night to let him go removing all the catheters and lines with my hands, which tried so hard to support his life. With his health condition, I knew that this moment would finally come, but I just hoped and hoped that it would not happen on my shift. I have always thought that my biggest strength as a Registered Nurse was that I would never get emotional in any situation, and I truly believed that the strength keeps me moving forward in my career. If nobody can change the result and if you feel confident about what have you performed to save the life, there is no reason to cry about the loss, that is what I had thought. I …show more content…
I wish I could have better words for it, but since then, I have felt that I became “real,” and I started pursuing something that will help me to grow mentally and spiritually as a Registered Nurse. I have played various roles in the hospital, got every single certification that I could get as a Registered Nurse, participated in local volunteering and read tons of medical books. Nevertheless, there had been always something insatiable in my mind, my Associate’s Degree in Nursing. I felt like I was spinning round and round at the same place never moving forward, and it might be the biggest obstacle for me to reach full growth as a Registered Nurse and satisfy my desire to learn