Why I Love Nursing

When I was younger and thinking of a career that I wanted to do for the rest of my life, I knew it was a big decision. I mean, that’s over forty years and it will affect everything. One of the most important things to me was picking a career that I liked.

After all, if you like what you do, you never work a day in your life right?

Almost everyone I talked to with different jobs said that they liked their jobs but there were some complaints…except nurses that is.

It really stuck out to me that nurses, for the most part, loved their jobs. They loved the flexibility of hours, how they didn’t just sit at a desk and stare at the same four walls every day and most of all, they loved touching other people’s lives.

Nurses touch people in a way that not many other people do. Not that those jobs aren’t important, but think about the nurses in your lifetime. Maybe you had an amazing one with your kids that made doctor visits not so bad or a nurse sat with you when you found out about a terminally ill parent and made it just a bit better. Maybe that nurse treated your terminally ill parent with the respect and dignity they deserve and it really left an impression on you. Good nurses are remembered.

I mean, sure, as a nursing student I complain sometimes. Getting a nursing degree is hard but at the same time it’s so rewarding. There are days that I just don’t feel like I can keep going. I’ve been studying for hours, staring at the same book over and over and over. I’ve been working on care plans for hours and then I go to my clinical and my teacher just lays it out and I’m left wondering “How are on Earth does she just know that?” and it makes me feel like there is stuff just flying over my head.

Then a patient really sticks out to you. I have one patient that thanked me for listening to his life story and for helping him understand where he needed to go in life. I didn’t do much, I just listened but that made an impression on him. Then I delivered my first baby and got to be part of a huge event in that family’s life. Then friends started asking me what to do and when they should go to the doctor and it makes me feel like I’m doing something truly important. At the end of the day, I love what I do even through all the hard schooling.

I truly have no idea where I’d be without nursing. Nursing has made me such a happier person and even more than that, it will lead to so much security for my family. There are just so many benefits to a nursing degree and I, for one, am so glad that I made this decision for myself and my family. If you’ve ever thought about being a nurse but aren’t sure about it, please do some research or if you’d like, send me an email and we can talk about it.

Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post, however, this is something that I am very passionate about and all opinions are my own.

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