How I became a nurse

This is a true story how I became a nurse

I have mixed feelings to write this story truthfully about me becoming a nurse. It is a long story that how I became a nurse. First of all I never wanted to become a nurse. I did not have concrete ideas about what I become when I am an adult. I wanted to become an elementary school teacher in the beginning. My two sisters and part of my family wanted me to become a doctor. I would have done it if I got in to the program. I changed educational institutions entirely depending on my own decisions and ended up getting less efficient in getting in to medical school. My sister mentioned the idea of becoming a nurse with associate degree after 12th grade. I cried few nights in a raw as if they were trying to give a death warrant. I hated nursing in general, now getting pushed forcefully to go for associate degree in nursing. My brother told me I have to keep on trying to get in to medical school. We had a trend in the family, if girls in family not good at academics early marriage as early as nineteen was usual, I was so scared that fate will come to me. I made the decision to go for nursing as I got accepted to one the state schools which had affordable tuition fee. 

My grades were not matched for medical school, dental school and pharmacy, but to my fourth choice bachelor of science in nursing. I decided against my brother's recommendation to go for nursing. I realize after twenty four years since I started nursing school, that was the best decision I made in my entire life. 

The first year of nursing was not kosher to me. I even almost tried to get out of the program. The second year onward I was really in to the nursing. I enjoyed what I did, could do procedures like a professional. I was getting better with my positive attitude towards nursing. 

It is with great pride I am telling you, I do have a strong passion for my profession. I love my profession, walked that extra mile always since second year of nursing. I believed I was a charismatic leader in my profession. 

In the first half of my profession, I tried to excel myself in various ways in nursing. I believed I tried to compensate with success in profession with partial losing battle in personal life and I loved it. The second half of my profession I got really confused about which way to get ahead. I gave more importance to my personal life. I became an average achiever in my profession. The change in the pattern affected me negatively a lot in every sense.I stayed in the same path for a good amount of time.

The current battle is to balance both professional and personal achievements in the same acceleration. 

I have a masters degree in nursing. I teach nurses,work as nurse too and am happy