Sample Nursing Admission Essay

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My personal interest in nursing is built upon a foundation of prolonged reflection about the person I am, an incessant desire to improve myself and a yearning to embrace the emotional fulfillment that had gone unsatisfied in my professional life. My interest is multifaceted, it has emotional and logical aspects; however, it would be disingenuous to state that my interest is entirely based in altruism. I believe it must be inherent in this pursuit that you possess the desire to relieve suffering and aid in convalescence and within me is a passion to do just that. However, were those aims my only inspiration then I would not achieve this goal nor would it sustain my interest.
It is a sense of pragmatism and self-awareness that provided the additional impetus and interest in this pursuit for me. I see this profession as an amalgamation of traits inherent in me
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I always wanted to perform my job well out of a sense of pride but I rarely felt as if I made a meaningful difference in the lives of people. That desire has never been entirely satiated in my professional life. A longing to make a significant impact in the lives of others has helped to fuel my pursuit of a career in nursing. I feel as if not only can I understand the anguish patients under my care experience during their time in the hospital, because I have experienced it myself many times, but that I can help to relieve their distress by offering compassion, comfort and an experienced perspective. To this day even though I spent a lot of time in the hospital during my youth however I do not have a phobia of hospitals to this day and that is due to the sympathetic and understanding care I received. I want to provide that sense of comfort, confidence, and empathy to those under my care and help aid in the speed of their convalescence. I want to make the same positive impact that was made on me during my time spent in hospitals on my patients and their