Instruction: The personal statement should bring out my personality. Describe what being a nurse means to you. Indicate the units of interest {(1)Cardiovascular Thoracic Intensive Care Unit, (2) Pulmonary Medical Intensive Care Unit}. => This is for University of Southern California Hospital***
Some personal interests that could be incorporated:
- Assume the role of a primary caregiver during high school to take care of grandmother with last stage liver cancer. Therefore, I learned a lot from bedside nurses, CNAs, doctors, and transporters. Hence, I took an interest in healthcare and especially nursing
- Performed well in Critical care course and was nominated to be a supplemental instructor for incoming cohort. Received valuable feedback from other students and enjoyed the critical care environment.
- Having ICU experience in many hospitals through clinical rotation such as Children Hospital of Orange County, Garden Grove Hospital, and preceptor shifts at Placentia Linda Hospital.
TLDR: The main things I want to incorporate are the background story of why I became a nurse. WHAT being a nurse mean to me? My experience with teaching Critical Care courses and experience working as a nursing student at various hospitals in the ICU.