Your distinguished nursing program at XXXX is my first choice for study towards the BSN degree for several reasons, your explicit focus on diverse student populations attracts me as a Korean woman who adores diversity. At 32, deciding to become a nurse did not come easy. It has meant making a lot of sacrifices to be able to focus on making my career change entirely successful. First, I had to quit a lucrative job as an operations manager and move back into my parents’ home to devote myself full-time to nursing. I feel strongly that my background as a business professional has allowed me to learn many valuable practices and principles that will enable me to become a highly competent nurse, especially my organizational skills and ability to multi-task.
I also believe that the many challenges I have faced have made me a stronger person, someone who will be able to give much to nursing. Right after I graduated from high school, my brother was murdered. This has been the most challenging thing I have had to endure. Yet, I also realize that life's greatest lessons come through trials and tribulations. My experiences of loss and grief contributed to my temporary academic failure due to depression and anxiety. Yet, our hardships also enable and inspire our growth as human beings. I carry this with me in everything I face. Thus, I do my best with purpose, integrity, and sincerity in everything I do. Keenly aware of how fragile life is, I treasure each moment and always make the most of it. As a nurse, I want to make each day count.
My managerial background and the wisdom that I have gained thus far as a professional provide me with many resources that will be helpful to my career in nursing as I have met many types of people and have come to excel at teamwork and professional networking. I have chosen to pursue nursing as a career change from my current professional role as an operations manager because I have a job and want a vocation. I have been working hard to meet the requirements for entrance into your program because of the profound joy I find in caring for the needy. I am a young Korean woman whose great passion for nursing has deep roots in many facets of my life, not the least of which is my profound religious faith as a Christian. My Christian inspiration and career goals go hand in hand. I look forward to making nursing my Christian mission, especially when I go on annual medical missions for the rest of my life.
I want to spend my life caring for the needy with no thought of selfish gain because I seek joy and fulfillment that result in authentic happiness. My church extensively sponsors and participates in medical missions to the Global South. This stands at the center of my own personal and world vision. “Giving back” provides me with the happiness I crave. Going on annual medical missions as a nurse with members of my Church to developing countries annually will be my triumph and celebration of life, my most outstanding achievement.
The missions supported by my church need qualified medical professionals to travel to developing countries where many people lack even the most basic medical care. With the education I hope to gain through my experience of becoming a nurse in the United States, I wish to give back beyond borders to those in other parts of the world with limited access to medical care. It is our natural duty to do the most we can in helping others on both a micro and macro scale, making as much positive difference as possible in people’s lives.
I look forward to working with the elderly, especially those with estranged relationships or little to no family left. When my grandmother suffered a stroke and was in the hospital for several weeks, it broke my heart to see many elderly sick and alone. I want to care for them during their final days and do everything possible to keep them as comfortable and happy as possible.
Upon graduating from nursing school, my ideal job would be to work in the hospital for a few years to gain further experience and decide on an area of specialization. Ten years from now, I hope to have made a significant contribution to society as a nursing professional, touching many patients' lives and helping them to feel better.
As a child of immigrants in a foreign world, I had to grow up quickly and take on many responsibilities early. To make ends meet, my parents worked 14-hour shifts at a clothing factory, leaving my brother and I to care for the house and look after one another from an early age. While my older brother gave me a sense of security, I took on the nurturing and caregiving role.
Whenever my brother got sick, I cared for him as my mother did. I cooked and cleaned when my mother was ill, knowing it would help ease the load. When my father suffered an accident and could not walk for weeks, I tended to his needs and assisted my mother in nursing him back to health.
I have learned the rewarding satisfaction that comes from taking care of the needs of others and putting my own needs aside. Although I did not know it when I started, nursing the sick has become the cornerstone of my existence for the rest of my life.
Thank you sincerely for considering my application to the BSN Program in Nursing at XXXX University.
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