Rheanna's Story

Nursing has been my passion since I was very young. When I got to high school I was slightly unsure if nursing would be the career for me. In my sophomore year two very important things cemented my desire to be a nurse. I joined a Medical Careers course at my school and was excelling at it. I began to feel like this was something that I was pretty good at so naturally it became my favorite class. I was one of the top students in my class earning an A+ for both semesters. I was also accepted into Medical Careers 2 where I have more hands on experience and clinical hours. I had discussed my career path with my grandfather a lot with uncertainty but the day he died he told my sister and I that we should help people like him and pursue a career like nursing.

Attending NSLC Nursing will expose me to nursing before I actually experience it in college. This is a great opportunity because it will improve my knowledge of the medical field and maybe narrow down the many nursing options. This program is not only for the hands on learning but also the lectures and mentors that will be at the program to help guide us in the right direction. Being accepted into this program will be a good stepping stone to pursuing my passion for nursing for many reasons. First being that it gives me the experiences that I will likely get in nursing school so I will be better equipped to deal with them such as Mock Code and Midwifery Labs. Secondly, when I am applying to colleges for nursing it will look good that I have been exposed to nursing already and that I have had these experiences.