Why Do You Want To Be a Nurse?

I think people go into nursing for all different kinds of reasons , but there is almost always a very strong why behind why somebody wants to be a nurse , and I think , especially in nursing school , it is such a crucial and important thing to identify your why . Why do you want to be here ?

Because that will keep you going on your toughest days , through your toughest experiences . Having a very strong why is key to success in nursing school . So for me , where do I even start ? I have wanted to be a nurse since I was 19 when something happened to me . I was hospitalized . I was in college .

I was hospitalized for an infection that went septic , which means it went into my bloodstream and it started spreading to my organs , which started shutting down , and I fought for my life . I was in the hospital for almost two weeks and it was touch and go for a while and being in the hospital . For those of you who have experienced it or know somebody .

It's a tough place to be .

It is exhausting and when you are in the worst point of your life , when you are at your very worst and you're being poked and prodded and you're not sleeping , it's very tough and at a certain point I was a very positive young person but I was extremely weak and I wouldn't say I give up , but my will was very weak , I was not strong .

And it was a moment with a nurse that literally changed my life . She came to me , she handed me a single bar of soap and a bottle of baby shampoo and she said let's make you feel like a human again and I'm tearing up just saying it because that moment it literally saved my life . She got me into the shower , which sounds like nothing .

It sounds like something you do every day when you're in an extremely vulnerable and weak state and somebody says let's make you feel like a human again and puts you into the shower . It was a transformational experience . The shower . It was literally the shower that saved my life . I became stronger , I decided to fight , I decided to .

It brought me back to life . I felt like a human , like the nurse said , but I felt rejuvenated , I felt transformed . I felt a new sense of survivorship . I felt like a survivor . It was amazing what happened in the days following . I started to turn around , the antibiotic suddenly started working and I became stronger .

The doctors were blown away and I was released within a few days . It just goes to show that one small gesture from anybody in this case it was from a nurse that can have such an impact . It can literally save your life . It can change the direction of your life . That moment for me said wow , I could do this . I want to do this with my life .

I want to connect with patients and give them that will to fight in the same way that that nurse did for me . That moment changed my life and it was the spark that said I could absolutely see myself doing this . I want to be a source of strength and will to survive for my patients , the same way that nurse was for me .

If I hadn't met that nurse , I don't know where I would be today . Maybe I would still be a nurse , maybe . But that was the moment that changed everything for me . That's why I want to be a nurse . Life happened . It took me a very long time to get to nursing school . At the time I was in college , I was doing other things .

I was young , I was very young and I did not pursue nursing until a little bit later in life . For me , that's my path , that's what worked for me , because I realized how much I wanted it when I started nursing school . I wanted to be there so badly . I was so grateful to be there . Failure was not an option .

I knew because in the first week of nursing school especially , I was in an accelerated program . You're a deer in headlights . There's so much thrown at you in that first week and you see the road in front of you and it seems so long . You wonder how you're ever going to get there . But I knew I had to .

I knew I had to get there because there was no other choice , because I had such a strong why . I started changing my daily habits slowly and things started working and things started clicking for me . I started to practice daily consistent habits and I started noticing changes . There was an ease and a joy .

And it is not to say that nursing school is easy , because nursing school is hard . Nursing school is the hardest thing I've ever done and I've given birth twice and that is no joke . Nursing school is very , very hard . You have to live and breathe the material every single day and you have to be consistent .

There is no such thing as cramming the night before for an exam , memorizing a list and hoping for the best .

You have to know , it has to be part of you and one of the best ways that you can practice consistency , one of the best ways to be consistent is to do practice questions every single day , the minimum of 10 , I call them your daily 10 , because the act of drilling these practice questions , it's like you're a marathon runner .

What does a marathon runner do Every day ? They train , they put on their sneakers and they run . They are in training for the big race . So when the day of the race arrives , it's not this big shock to the system , because they've put their body through it already . It's in their muscle memory . So , drilling these practice questions , it's the same thing .

You are training your body , you are training your nursing school mind into this muscle memory state . So when you get to the day of the big race , the big exam you've been there before , it's nothing , you are excited about it , you're revved up for the big race and it comes so much easier .

Consistency is one of the habits , and I have developed seven habits to success in nursing school and throughout this podcast we will explore all of the seven habits and so much more .

Some of the episodes will be just you and me and we'll talk about a specific topic , and sometimes we'll have guests and we have some incredible guests lined up in the coming weeks and months .

They're all working professionals and they are here to share their story , their experiences , what they think it takes to be successful in nursing school , and to give you a taste of what's possible , what's out there , because nursing is one of those very special careers where the opportunities are endless .

There are so many things you can do as a nurse and we will meet so many different types of nurses with different backgrounds , different experiences , and they have different pieces of advice to offer . They have different things that worked for them and it's the same with me .

I have these seven habits and within the seven habits there's multiple different things and hacks and tips and strategies . I have all these things that worked for me and a lot of them will work for you . Some of them won't . Some of them you can try on and say , yeah , you know what I developed my own thing . That's great . We are all in this together .

I am here for you and I'm here to tell you that nursing school is hard . Nursing school is by far the hardest thing I've ever done . But if you want this , if you have a strong Y that's driving you , you can do this . You can do anything . Once you untap that Y , you will soar .

Once you know your Y , the how will reveal itself , because there is no other option . There is no other option but to be a nurse , because you are a nurse . That's who you are . It's in your soul , it's in your blood . This is who you're meant to be . So there's no other way .

We have so much more to talk about , but that's gonna do it for today's episode . I thank you so much for watching . I'm so grateful for you . I invite you to go to nursingstudentcoachcom , join our mailing list .

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I love you all bye-bye .