Everybody has the goal of becoming a big person in the future. A person who is very valuable and worth the praises of the people in the surrounding. some are still in the process of getting this accomplished, some are still making plans and they are just started while some have already accomplished this feat. Irrespective of what a person wants to be in life, there is always a trigger to make such decision. This trigger may be a good or bad scenerio but all the dame, it helped and served as motivation to accomplish what you have planned over the years.
I did not actually have the zeal to be what i am today. Nursing just as many Nigerians, is seen as a course for women and as such, it is very rare for a male to enter into nursing. Just like other people, i had no intentions of studying nursing and i wanted to be an economist.
Well that changed when i saw the state of women in my community. The women in my community lack basic knowledge about their health, and as such the spread of diseases was inevitable. A person will always fall sick because minor issues. they knew not how to take good care of themselves when they are pregnant. they do not even know how to prepare for pregnancy. The rate of maternal mobility and mortality was gradually getting high and will get out of control if not properly taken care of. Traditional birth attendants were the reign of the town but their care is not quality enough as it lacks tender loving care. The entire community was always complaining about the lack of nursing ethics by the traditional birth attendants. Instead of nursing to be seen as the hero it is, it was seen as a practice that involves angry people who shout at their patients in the ward. The pregnant women prefered to deliver in the house instead of going to the hospital for bettter care.
Seeing this, I decided to be a health provider and show not only my community, but the entire world at large that the practice is not only a beautiful one, but actually a sweet one. Nursing is actually the best course there is on earth yaknow.
After joining the profession, i realized the reason why some nurses may be mean to patients. Some patients can be really annoying to take care of and they forget the fact that Nurses are humans too. Well, no matter the situation, in will always practice the profession with love and care towards my patients, there by making a change.
This is my entry to the India United contest
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