SUPER NURSE

December of ’03 was the time I witnesses that children like me always need help. Spending time in the hospital from a severe car crash, I was all beaten up and swollen. Experiencing memory loss from the brain damaged and the feeling of the limbs of my legs being loose and in the opposite direction of one another: not having the gut feeling of even speaking, eating or drinking with a tube down my throat. I was so damaged and broken.  But I watched the other children around me suffer worse than I did. There were children, who had no legs and children who were blind, I saw it all. But I always  watched the nurses support them. It made me think that I could also help them too. I am blessed that I could still see and I can still walk. I feel like it’s only right if I could help the children who don’t have what I was blessed with. I would feel like a hero or the super nurse.

As the days went, I continued to get myself together, and as I was doing that I also continued to watch the other children. After everything was going by I worked my way out the hospital; which made me very sad. I had grown friendships with these children and to leave the hospital, I had to realize that I had to leave my friendships too. This only made me want to become super nurse even more.

When I finally reached high school, I had decided to go to Central High School. Central had my attention when I found out they had magnets. The Nursing magnet was my first choice even before I stepped into Central. I was so excited to finally feel like my dream was coming true. Being in the nursing magnet I’ve learned everything from the basics of medical terminology to CPR and other hands-on things. I finally got my CNA as a junior in high school. This made the process of being super nurse even easier. Being certified I was only a couple more steps away. College.

As a future college student I plan to major in nursing. I will be going to a four year university to receive my bachelors’ degree. Achieving my dream as super nurse is must. I will do anything possible to peruse my dreams. It means so much to me to save or at least try to help save these children like me. I owe it to them.

When I finally become Super Nurse, there will be happier children no matter what kind of situation there in. I will also be happy as well. Living a dream that you’ve worked hard for is something everyone should be proud of. I promise this will be me. 

 Why be a regular nurse, when you can expand your horizon and be a travel nurse? A Travel nurse is a nurse that obviously travels, but it’s not a vacation. These nurses actually have to get to work. They work at a medical facility for six months and then switch locations if requested. But it is an exciting experience because the advantage of being a travel nurse is that you get to travel and live all over the world. You get to witness new things. With all that being said you get paid good money for this super exciting occupation.

Working in the same hospital for years is like waiting to turn 21. Day after day you’re waiting for that big exciting day. In the hospital you’re waiting for something different to happen. Everyday it’s the same boring day. Waiting to turn 21 is like the death that never happened; just imagine working in the same hospital, with the same people every single day doing basically nothing. Like get up and jump around or something geesh!

Hold up; let me stop getting you so worked up like everything is cake. You still have to take test, and wait on visa from your agency or hospital. You have to choose on a practice you want to do such as: Physical Therapy, OR, ICU, and much more. But after all that everything is usually cake. You have great benefits. High pay, free housing, licensing fees paid, health insurance and travel expenses are usually covered.

Let’s take a trip to the Middle East. I know it’s not the first thing that I would particularly choose, but the money is so great here. Plus there are so many patients that need your help. Oh don’t start crying, you’ll get to go home. Just relax. Be happy that you’re not one of these very sick patients suffering; you get to be the hero and help them get well.

If not the Middle East, there’s always Australia. In Australia they expect a 2 year commitment. I know it’s like but what about six months? Or Canada which has many different opportunities as the United States, but there’s also Europe. Different countries want and expect different things.

Being a travel nurse is of course a good career but obviously you have to be applied by some kind of rules. Everything is not all free and dandy, sorry to bust your bubble. 

http://www.women-on-the-road.com/international-travel-nursing.html