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Graci Smith

Miss Cook

Composition

November 29 2017

Career Research

To start off with, I plan to major in nursing at Ohio University of Chillicothe. Now, from

there I can go anywhere. I can become a nurse practitioner, become a NICU nurse, or even a

nurse anesthetist. Even though there are a lot more options these are just the few that I have in

mind and here are a few reasons why:

1. If my decision is to become a nurse practitioner, I plan to be a neonatal nurse practitioner.

2. Although, if I plan to just stay in the NICU (which I will have to spend quite a lot of time

in if I become a neonatal nurse practitioner) that is an option as well.

3. Finally, my last option is if I cannot handle the sick babies then to become a nurse

anesthetist because I would like to get to know more about this option.

In this essay, I am going to break down the credentials and steps it takes to become these things.

Once I have viewed all of my options I will decide what I would like to do in my conclusion.

In the beginning of my career, I will have to take specific courses when becoming a nurse

and be accepted into the nursing program. According to Ohio University of Chillicothe I will

have to take some biology, anatomy, chemistry, physiology, nutrition, and after all of that I will

have to complete clinicals. I plan to pass all of these courses with flying colors because it will

increase my chances of being accepted into a nurse practitioner program or nurse anesthetist

program later on.

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After receiving my BSN my options are wide open like becoming a nurse practitioner.

According to Learn How To Become,Many graduate schools require students to gain a few

years of nursing experience before being accepted into their nurse practitioner programs. Others

allow students to gain RN work experience while pursuing their graduate degrees. According to

Salary.com a nurse practitioner makes around $95,040-$111,267. Additionally, Salary.com states

when becoming a nurse practitioner you are allowed to treat patients, run test, and suggest

continuing patient care. With considering all of these aspects of becoming a nurse practitioner it

is still an option when finishing my BSN.

Secondly, my next option is when completing my clinicals focus mainly on the NICU.

NICU stand for neonatal intensive care unit. According to Laura Kinsella on Daily Nurse there is

no typical day in the NICU and she also states that it is a lot of running around and keeping a

close eye on the babies monitors with constantly checking up on babies. People often say that it

would be sad working in the NICU but for those few sad cases are a lot more cases that make it

out and live happy and healthy lives. There are different levels of NICU: level II, level III, and

level IV. The higher the level the more serious the cases and programs are as Innerbody displays.

In the end, a NICU nurse seems like a time consuming job with high intensity and that might be

for me in the beginning but I do not feel like I would enjoy doing that everyday for the rest of my

life. However, if I only worked a few years in the NICU it would help get into a nurse

practitioner program.

Finally, if I cannot handle being around sick infants and become too attached in my

clinicals I plan on becoming a nurse anaesthetist. I have always found surgery amazing and I
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have a very strong stomach. It takes around 7 years to become a nurse anaesthetist. Additionally

here is another quote from a nurse anesthetist school:

After completing an accredited program, candidates must pass the National Certification

Examination (NCE) which is offered by the National Board of Certification and

Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA). Finally, every two years, nurse

anesthetists are required to recertify, a process which involves 40 hours of continuing

education.

Overall, I have conducted the research and it does not seem promising. My job could always be

up at stake and that is not what I would like to worry about when raising a family of my own. I

feel as if my job will corrupt my home life and having first hand experience in that I would

rather that not be an issue.

All in all, these three career options are still in my mind and for right now I choose the

path to becoming a Nurse Practitioner. Although, that might change once I get some clinical

hours in and maybe realize that it is not for me. So, maybe I could just stick to being a NICU

nurse for a while until I figure out if I want to move on or if I want to stay there. Honestly, while

collecting information over these three career paths it has broaden my horizon on every single

one of these. This research has made me bracket each career into a specific place just incase life

becomes to hard or if I am not stressed at that point and time in life. It just depends, so with time

I will make my decision and this research will have informed me in ways I was not informed

before. They are still option just now I have understood each and every path I can take and that

has helped me massively.

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Works Cited

Ohio University Chillicothe. Bachelors Degree in Nursing (BSN),

www.ohio.edu/chillicothe/academics/degreesandprograms/bachelordegreenursing.cfm.

Nurse Practitioner Programs & Careers | How to Become a Nurse Practitioner. How to

Become, www.learnhowtobecome.org/nurse/nurse-practitioner/.

Salary.com, Site built by: Nurse Practitioner Salaries. Nurse Practitioner Salaries by

Education, Experience, Location and More - Salary.com,

www1.salary.com/Nurse-Practitioner-Salary.html.

Kinsella, Laura. A Day in the Life of a NICU Nurse. Daily Nurse, 15 Sept. 2016,

dailynurse.com/day-life-nicu-nurse/.
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NICU Nursing Careers. InnerBody,

www.innerbody.com/careers-in-health/nicu-nursing-careers.html.

Rubric rating submitted on: 12/13/2017, 8:43:25 PM by danielle.cook@redstreaks.org

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MLA Format 5 = Fully and 4 = 3 = 2= Attempted 1= Attempted 0 = No

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Comments:
Total: 23.75/25 x 4 = 95

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