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My mom was a caregiver for about 13 years and through her I was able to learn about patient care and what it was like in an assisted living facility. My older brother and I would always volunteer and participate in activities with the elderly and I honestly had lots of fun seeing what my mom’s career was like.
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I applied to an academy in my local high school because I was interested in seeking a career in something medical and I was accepted! I had no idea at this moment what I was going to choose but I knew the medical field was for me.
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In the Health Academy we did a big career project where we had to pick a career we were interested and make a plan on how we were going to get there after graduation. People from different medical professions came to talk to us and that is how I was taught about the nursing field. I was immediately intrigued and chose nursing for my career without knowing how much I would love it.
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During the start of the pandemic my grandma passed because of negligence in the hospital. She was in a car accident and needed different treatments that eventually led to her getting sepsis and passing quickly. I knew then that I wanted to pursue nursing to give others the care that my grandma did not get and try my best to save other families loved ones. -
After graduating high school I went to Cal State San Marcos in hopes to get into the nursing program and start my journey to nursing! -
I did a program to get my license as a Certified Nursing Assistant and got my first job ever and in the medical field at a hospital on a Medsurg floor. -
Unfortunately, I was not able to get into the nursing program at San Marcos so I transferred to a community college to complete my prerequisites and hope to get into an ADN program as a plan B.
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I was accepted to United Nursing College after being rejected from two other nursing programs and I finally felt like I was making steps towards my career!
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My cousin who I view as a sister told me she was pregnant and immediately I started learning so much about pregnancy and birth. This sparked an interest for me to seek Labor and Delivery as a specialty and I couldn’t be more excited to start school! -
I was finally starting my first semester in Nursing school very excited and very nervous for what was to come because my dreams were finally becoming a reality
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I passed my first semester of nursing school with an A and I am so proud and excited for what the rest of this program holds for me! I now feel capable and ready for everything that comes next good or bad