A Conscious Decision of Place and Profession
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
I came from this place. This place is northern Michigan.
For the majority of my last twenty-two years northern Michigan,
specifically the range of Emmet County, has been my home. I left to go to
school, to travel and to learn. I learned that there are many other amazing
places, foreign and domestic, and many amazing opportunities across the
world.
I made a conscious decision to return, even given my education in welding,
carpentry, and a Bachelor’s degree which could secure a comfortable life
elsewhere.
I chose to come back because there is a connection to the community that
fostered me and still does to this day.
I came back to invest myself in northern Michigan which first invested
itself in me.
The way I’ve found to invest myself has been through studying nursing.
There is a shortage of nurses in my community. My hope is that as a nurse
within this place, I can work to remedy the health needs of my community and
with it, the needs of our country as a whole. Before one can contribute to a
community, one must be healthy. And, given my education and potential, I can
help those around me—around us, as a region and a country—to be healthy,
beneficial individuals as I work as a nurse.
The CampusRN Scholarship would help me cover the expenses of tuition and
help us, as a region and a nation, have a healthier, more enriched
existence, enjoying the fruits modern healthcare and a democratic country.
Choosing me for the CampusRN Scholarship would be a worthwhile investment
because I myself am invested in a community with serious needs, a community
that is a part of the greater whole, the Midwest, the United States.
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Nursing…
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
My mom is a nurse practitioner and likes her job, but I never thought about
going into nursing until I took biology 2, anatomy and physiology. I loved
it!! Not only did I love it, I found out that I was pretty good with
learning the material, enough so that I received the scholar award for the
class. In my junior and senior years in high school, I took an extemely hard
“allied health” class. This class allowed me to internship in many areas
of health care. At first I wanted to be a radiologist, after following two
different doctors and looking at computers all day, I decided that was not
for me. Right now I am thinking about being a CRNA. I have been accepted
into the University of Detroit’s nursing program as a freshman. I plan on
doing as well in college as I did in high school. I always strive to do the
best I can and anxious to learn as much as I can. Watching my mom has been
an inspiration for me. She is not just a nurse at work, but all the time.
She cares for everyone she meets. I would like to be like that
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Mental Health: An Essential Component of Overall Health
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Mental health is an essential component of overall health. At this time in
history, our country faces economic crisis, war, and an uncertain future.
Stress, distress, and mental illness are serious outcomes of these events.
At the same time, mental health programs are facing unprecedented cuts in
funding and find themselves required to drastically cut services. In
financial, psychological, and emotional terms, the costs of untreated mental
illness are immense. Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners have a
grand opportunity to impact the health and recovery of so many. I want to be
among those who make a difference.
I graduated from Wayne State University’s accelerated B.S.N. program at
the top of my class. Now, I am honored to be pursuing my master’s degree
in mental health nursing in this exceptional program with nationally
recognized researchers and experts in the nursing field. One day, I hope to
share my knowledge with future nurse professionals as a professor. Through
research, perhaps I may even add to that fund of knowledge which gives
nursing a distinct role and voice in the mental health field. As a nurse
leader, an advanced practice role will give me the autonomy and the
authoritative voice from which to advocate for enlightened change in mental
health policies. Most of all, the master’s degree program will allow me to
provide optimal care to my patients while providing professional
satisfaction and growth for me.
Thank you for considering me for this scholarship.
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