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Konner Trueblood

Mr. Fipps

English IV Honors

November 09, 2017

Finding My Bliss

My name is Konner Trueblood and I am afraid of failing. This being the case I work hard

with each and everything I do. I do not mind staying up late studying if my end result will be

worth it all. I have learned so much over these past four years of high school. On my first day of

high school, I stepped in with shaking feet, worrying what the upperclassmen would think of me.

I began to fall into popularity with hanging out with seniors and in that time that made me feel

good. I even dated a senior my freshman year. I learned so many different things, more than just

with relationships.

As time grew and grew that popularity feeling failed, me and this guy had broken up. I

felt worthless, I felt alone. More alone that I have ever felt in my life. All my friends were gone.

I gave all my time to this guy and I pushed away my friends that I cared about the most. The

advice I would give to an upcoming freshman is do not worry about boys or girls, to focus on

their education. Ever since freshman year, I have been trying to fix my grades and even to this

day my relationships with my friends.

I have learned that life is what you make it. I know this is a cliche, but in all honesty, it is

true and a saying we all should live by. As I grew older and began my junior year I looked at

everything differently. I began to study and strive harder in all my classes. I made
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all A's. Now I am taking college classes and next semester I will be starting my Nursing class.

This is my passion, and I really believe I have found my bliss in life.

People may say that I talk a lot and I am outgoing. Honestly, I am just a shy girl trying to

step out of my comfort zone. I love to step out of what feels comfortable. It gives me an energy

rush every time I go up and talk to people I do not know. Being shy and putting on the face of

confidence, is not the easiest I must say. In class, I try to open up and include people who

exclude themselves. I love to make people feel loved, even if that means I need to put on the face

of confidence. In this world, we cannot be shy or so-called an introvert type of person. We have

to step up for what we want in this world, this is another thing that I have learned throughout my

years of high school.

If I was, to be honest, I am ready to graduate high school. I am not sure if I am ready for

college or the stress that may carry on, but I know this is what I want. My mom did not go to

college and my dad did for an associates degree. The job he has right now does not require an

associate's degree. I may not be a first college student in my family, but I kind of am. My

grandparents did not go to college and most of my family thought school was a waste of money

and time. They thought that it was more logical to get a job. I have tried my hardest to encourage

my brother to go to college. He has a job that pays well now, but education is the key that no one

can take away. I just know that he should go, but he refuses. I hope that I will find a way so my

family can be proud of me. I'm not just scared of failure, I'm scared of disappointing my family.

They have encouraged me from the start to go to college.


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The very first day of summer, I was playing around with one of my friends on a chicken

coop. My friend had dared me to jump off the chicken coop and I did. I fell and

broke my arm. As I saw my arm with the bone penetrating into my skin. My instinct was to take

and fix it. I had popped the bone back in. My mom drove me to the Hospital, as we walked in

nurses looked at me and took me to the room. The nurses all encouraged me and comforted me.

They made me feel like I was okay. When the doctor had finally come in and spoke with kind

words and treated me like I was someone special. I will never forget how the hospital employees

had made me felt. They made the situation better in every aspect.

After I had surgery, I will never forget what the anesthesiologist had done. She gave me a

bear with a small pink heart. I want to make many people feel like how they made me feel. I

want to help people and impact people's lives for the better. Nursing is the best way to influence

people's lives and encourage people in their time of need. I Konner Trueblood, want to be a

registered nurse. Being a nurse will allow me to go home with a heart warming sensation. I

would be honored to have a job like this every day. This is my bliss, I have found my passion

and reason.

I have looked at so many colleges and my eye is at East Carolina University. I will start

at COA and get my Associates Degree in Nursing. Hopefully, after I get my RN Degree I can

work on the floor while completing classes with East Carolina University online to get my

Bachelors of Science in Nursing. I do not want to ever stop my education as I grow older. I want

to always further it in any way possible. One of the women I look up to is Ms. Lisa Joyner. She

has three children and she is also a registered nurse with a Bachelor's Degree. Her
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husband had left her and her kids because he did not want to be a husband and a father anymore.

This lady does not allow that to stop her. She keeps pursuing and furthering her

education, even to this day. She is doing online classes to get her Masters of Science in Nursing.

College will be tough, but what is life without obstacles and trial? How can you even find

your bliss without obstacles in the way? Every interviewee will say that nursing is hard. It is not

easy, you have to have patience and the willpower. I hope that I have the strength to get through

this and pursue my bliss. East Carolina has the best nursing program in North Carolina. I am

debating if I really want to do online, other than go to the class. Being in class will probably be

less headache, but getting the experience in real life will be better. I am not sure which I will do

at this moment.

With so many colleges, Barton is another one of my choices I am looking at. They are

another great college with a nursing program. Barton is not the most affordable school in the

world. One of my biggest questions is why does college have to be so expensive? If teachers

keep telling us it is a need in this day and time. Why can they not make some schools free?

People say it would put the bigger colleges and universities out of business. I also would be so

happy if COA would include a bachelor's program in nursing. That would allow me to stay close

to home and save a lot of money. I know that will never happen, but it would be very nice if they

did.

Another school I am looking at is Mid Atlantic Christian University. God means

everything to me in this world. Being able to get a degree in Biblical Studies and Nursing
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would be a bonus. I know to some they may think this is pointless, but I would like to be able to

understand Gods word better. Some of the things in the Bible I cannot understand as well as

other sections of the Bible. Nursing is my bliss, but so is God.

Nursing may not pay as good as some jobs, but this is one of the bonuses with being a

nurse is pay. Nurses average salary is $68,450 annually. In this world the more education you

get, the more money you get. That is another great reason to keep furthering my education. There

are several different setups of nursing schedules. Some can do 12-hour shifts which means only

working three days a week, but keep in mind 12 hours is half of a day. Some can do 6-hour shifts

which allow nurses to work all week and not having to stay for a long 12-hour shift. Me,

personally I love night shifts, but then again I only volunteered for four nights. Not sure how I

would feel after weeks on weeks of doing it.

Some may think night shifts means you can do what you want during the day. This is not

true at all. It is hard to stay up for a total of 24 hours even with a small nap. This will allow the

nurse to be sleep deprived. I have heard so many terrible stories about nurses who were sleep

deprived. It messes up nurses working abilities and it can also be very dangerous. Many patients

have died because of a sleep-deprived nurse. Nurses can either read the wrong medication and

give to a patient who may have a possible allergy to it or even accidentally looking at the dosage

and give too much to a patient. This is dangerous and can potentially kill the patient. Nurses have

to understand that with one small mistake, everything could go wrong. This puts stress on many

nurses, this is why nursing is the number one stressful job.


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There are 2,955,200 Registered Nursing jobs (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics). Meaning,

this is a high demand job in the United States. Many people think that nurses are all just girls.

This is not true, in the United States the ratio of female to male is 9.5 to 1 (Rappleye). There may

not be many male nurses, but there are some. Actually, one of the nurses who had helped me

with my arm when I had broken it was a male. I have heard

amusing stories from a male nurse. He was explaining how when he had once walked in the

patient's room, the patient had automatically made the assumption that he was the doctor. Then,

the doctor comes in, being a female. I really find this to be comical.

Many people don't know exactly what nurses do. Nurses can work in hospitals, clinics,

and even private practices. Nurses communicate with doctors and patients throughout a day.

They care for patients and administer medications that need to be administered. Registered

Nurses can supervise Nurse Aides. No matter what type of nurse I choose I will have to take a

nurse aide class. Even doctors have to take this class before they can be a doctor. This class may

not be the most fun to some because you may have to clean an elder patent after an accident or

give elders a bath.

Some may think that this is nasty. I personally do not have a problem with it. I would

want someone helping me when I get older. I love working with older people and with young

children. I am really thinking about specializing in pediatrics. I love kids and I feel like kids suit

me better. There are so many outlets nurses can do. Nurses can work with kids, elders, middle

age patients. It all depends on what the nurse prefers.


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The most amazing thing about this career is that it doesn't have to feel like a job. Every

day nurses go home feeling like they have helped someone for the better. Nursing allows all

employees to feel better about themselves. Nurses are giving back to their community and

making people feel better in their time of need. Like I had said earlier God is my bliss. I feel like

my calling is to help people. I feel like this is the way God wants me to reach out to people and

impact their lives. I may not be able to discuss about God with

patients That doesn't matter, them feeling his presence when Im around is what matters the

most. Through God, I will influence people's lives for the better by being a nurse.

As I went around interviewing people with my group for Road Trip Nation, I have

learned that everyone has a story. Everyone in this world has a deep emotional past. Some have

went through personal things that no one could ever imagine. Some I can discuss in this essay

and some I will not because it is very personal. Many, say that what they thought they would be

at my age is the opposite of what they are to this day. One wanted to be P.E. teacher one in the

F.B.I and one even wanted to work with meteorology. Through time we may change our mind

with what our bliss is.

One of the interviewees I had interviewed got pregnant right before she was going to go

off to college. She had a full ride to a college of her choice. This had pushed her back, yes she

loves her child, but this pushed back her dreams and being at the age of 18 pregnant was not the

easiest life. Another person who I had interviewed dropped out of college because she was not

ready. This did not set her back from finding her bliss. Now she is the Dean of Healthcare and

Wellness and even a Nursing Professor at our local community college called
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College of The Albemarle. Listening to these stories has made me understand that mistakes

allow a person to grow and does not mean it is the ending.

Everything you do today may affect tomorrow, but it is okay. Life is not meant to be

some perfect, easy ride. There is meant to be ups and downs. Listening to their stories has given

me a better understanding of the meaning of life and how one should look at it. I may not be

perfect, but that is okay God did not make me to be. Making mistakes allows us to

grow and makes us a stronger person. I know in the process of fulfilling my bliss there will be

mistakes. There will be so many mistakes, more than I may imagine at the age I am. Interviewing

the people who I have, has also taught me to not regret my mistakes, to look at it as a learning

experience. What is life without stress and anxiety? Peacefulness, so why allow life to be

stressful?

I have always had anxiety issues. I'm a neat freak, I have to do everything perfectly. I was

so obsessed with making the perfect grades. What is that without a bliss? Are we happy with

what we do? If not, then what are we doing? It is time that I release my stress and relax. Allow

life drive me where I need to be. Honestly, I may have been pushing this project to the side and

procrastinating, but I want to make a personal thank you to Mr. Fipps, my English IV Honors

teacher. I have learned more than I ever imagined in this project. I have changed with whom I am

and how I think.

I believe that my bliss is to help people through being a nurse. I don't mind breaking my

back for a stranger. I love to make people feel special and make them feel like they are loved.

This world does not show this enough. Helping people is my passion and what I love to do. I

love seeing a smile on someone else's face. I am not perfect and I will embrace every curvy part

of my road to my bliss. When I am 50 I may still be searching for it, but it is okay because I will
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find it one day. In this project and with reading my essay I hope that I have made someone think

about their bliss. Do you love what you do? If not, it's time to find your bliss. I have found mine.
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Works Cited

Rappleye, Emily. "Gender Ratio of Nurses across 50 States." Becker's Hospital Review. N.p.,

n.d. Web.16 Nov. 2017.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/human-capital-and-risk/gender-ratio-of-nurses-

across-50-states.html

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Summary." U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Bureau of

Labor Statistics, n.d. Web. 16 Nov. 2017.

https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/registered-nurses.htm

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