Veronica Rochine

Among the many struggles and hard living contributors in the third world countries is the scarcity and inadequacy of health institutions and professional medical manpower. These shortcomings make it impossible to sustain an ever ailing nation ridden with diseases due to various factors. Having grown up in a third world country and raised by a mother who was a registered nurse, I was given the opportunity to take a glimpse at impoverished health care systems in my backyard and in other nations. This gave me a spark of desire and a hope that one day I would be in a position to apply empathy and love to the ill. This is what my ambition of becoming a nurse is based on, a voice and a force toward the transformation of healthcare trends.       

Throughout my childhood and into adulthood, I learned a lot from my mother pertaining to the field of nursing. Initially, I always admired doctors but having been so close to my mother and interacting on issues based on her duties as a nurse, I realized that nursing was the field for me. Among the many misconceptions of nurses, most think that a nurse’s duty is just to administer medication to patients- I realized that this could not be further from the truth. I realized that nurses are literally the key driving force within a hospital. With significant duties and obligations, such as patient advocacy, patient care and patient education, it is clear that nurses are the cornerstone of successful patient care in a hospital. Duties that entail interacting with patients not only on a professional level but also on an emotional level propelled and compelled me toward a desire of being ‘one more’ action of reason in the industry.       

I believe that there is no greater feeling than being among a team of other nurses and hospital workers with a common interest and goal of giving hope to the young and elderly who entrust us with their lives. Nurses are the patients’ voice because they spend more time with patients than the doctors do. With the growing types of diseases and ailments, and consequently high patient admissions, the need for devoted nurses cannot be fully emphasized.