I think I'll be writing essays for the rest of my life!
I'm applying for several scholarships to help me fund my law school expenditure. With most of these schools costing nearly as much s $27,000/year, I do need some form of scholarship/grant/aid. And then, there are student loans. I figure if anything I'll be close to approximatly $70,000 in debt. Sounds like a lot right? Although, many of my physician friends are in debt as close as $200,000. Ah yes, the cost of a rigorous, graduate education. You've got to love it!
I was comtemplating on using my personal statement that I currently have (the one I used for the law school application). I'm not sure if I'm going to though, since I think it's bad practice. I have the rest of the week off with the exception of tonight to get a personal statement going. The deadline isn't until March, but I always believe a great personal statement takes months. My last one took about that much time as well. My goal is to apply to at least five, so my time will be dedicated to a lot of writing.
My friend who was thinking about anesthesia school is having second thoughts and I think I was the cause of it; actually I know I was the cause of it. One of our mutual friends said something that kind of bothered me, "Nurses anesthetists only put people t sleep and are confined to the OR..." or something along those lines. It fired me up! I'm not sure why, but I think that's a bogus statement. Sure, that's where most of them practice, but who knows where the future of a nurse anesthetist will be? Anesthesia has a role with pain relief so who's not to say they will not be a vital part in pain control/pain service? I used my example of the registered nurse of today. Many nurses are becoming more focused on primary intervention, that is the prevention of disease altogether (before a patient becomes hospitalized). How best to perform such a focus than through community health nursing, and believe it or not, it's getting big! Did anyone see this movement before it started happening? Say maybe 10 years ago, or even further? Probably not. A nurse's stereotypical role was in the hospital at the bedside. All I'm saying is that people should open their mind to the profession they are in, and especially with anesthesia, I think people really need to be passionate and willing to be a pivotal personality in the profession. Afterall, their responsiblity is not light, and the schooling is far from easy. So why not make a difference somehow, someway? Responding to our mutual friend's statement, I made my other friend question herself about anesthesia -- she's not so sure she wants to be in that field.
I told her she has plenty of time to think about it though.
I need to go running now since it's not raining!
I was comtemplating on using my personal statement that I currently have (the one I used for the law school application). I'm not sure if I'm going to though, since I think it's bad practice. I have the rest of the week off with the exception of tonight to get a personal statement going. The deadline isn't until March, but I always believe a great personal statement takes months. My last one took about that much time as well. My goal is to apply to at least five, so my time will be dedicated to a lot of writing.
My friend who was thinking about anesthesia school is having second thoughts and I think I was the cause of it; actually I know I was the cause of it. One of our mutual friends said something that kind of bothered me, "Nurses anesthetists only put people t sleep and are confined to the OR..." or something along those lines. It fired me up! I'm not sure why, but I think that's a bogus statement. Sure, that's where most of them practice, but who knows where the future of a nurse anesthetist will be? Anesthesia has a role with pain relief so who's not to say they will not be a vital part in pain control/pain service? I used my example of the registered nurse of today. Many nurses are becoming more focused on primary intervention, that is the prevention of disease altogether (before a patient becomes hospitalized). How best to perform such a focus than through community health nursing, and believe it or not, it's getting big! Did anyone see this movement before it started happening? Say maybe 10 years ago, or even further? Probably not. A nurse's stereotypical role was in the hospital at the bedside. All I'm saying is that people should open their mind to the profession they are in, and especially with anesthesia, I think people really need to be passionate and willing to be a pivotal personality in the profession. Afterall, their responsiblity is not light, and the schooling is far from easy. So why not make a difference somehow, someway? Responding to our mutual friend's statement, I made my other friend question herself about anesthesia -- she's not so sure she wants to be in that field.
I told her she has plenty of time to think about it though.
I need to go running now since it's not raining!