Arathy Ann Mathew

Personal Goal

I am an ambicious person and my goal is to become a honest human being.

 Career Goals

I would like to complete my studies and become a registred nurse in Australia.

          According to the American Nurses Association, nursing is defined as “protection, promotion, and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations” (American Nurses Association, 2004, p. 7).  However there is much more to nursing, as a whole and throughout this paper I will be discussing my own personal nursing philosophy, which is what I believe to be the core characteristics of nursing.  The aspects of my nursing philosophy and value/belief system are as follows: knowledge, time management, compassion/caring, advocacy, respect, honesty and patient privacy. For the above reasons and my own personal value system I chose a career in nursing.  Nursing is a career one strategically chooses to help and care for others and many men and women who do choose this career share many common value and belief systems.

My wishis to become a humble and noble human being

Nursing has given me a chance to interact with the diverse population group from all walks of life. The opportuanity to be an agent of comfort and change is very rewarding and to witness a person recovers from illness or a birth of a child is so amazing. But the thought of becoming a nurse here in Australia is another challenge that gives me butterflies on my stomach and the fact of finishing in 6 months sends mixed emotions of excitement ,happiness and fear of the unknown. The first semester and now has been very difficult for me, I have worked really hard to accomplished all the task required.Now,all I can do is to trust my God who brought me here I know He has a purpose for me that is way beyond my knowledge. I hope and pray that I can reach people and make a difference in their life through nursing.