Boost Your Confidence and Skills through a Diversity Nursing Fellowship Program

A little guidance goes a long way, and from my personal experience, I can say that mentorship should be adapted in all spheres of life and for everyone so that all of us get a fair chance to build ourselves.  As a person from an underprivileged background, mentor programs are especially beneficial for people like me who wouldn’t otherwise have the chance for a leg up in their career.

Since childhood, I’ve dreamt of becoming a nurse. As a child, I used to make caps of paper, place it on my head and whenever we used to play, I had to be the nurse who tends to people. This dream grew with me and by the time I was in college, this was something I wanted to pursue. I started sending applications and wherever I went for interviews I was not selected based on my inexperience and the quality of my schooling. A year passed and nothing happened.

My uncle worked at a reputed hospital and he referred me to the diversity program conducted in the hospital. I was, am and will always be thankful to him. We were taught about the various aspects of healthcare and had to undergo orientation programs, classes, and the best of all, practical application.  Getting enrolled in this program automatically enables you to be a part of the diversity mentoring program where we were allowed to speak to our assigned mentors about our experiences, situations, and frustrations during our training period.

The mentors were amazing and encouraged me to a great extent. They made me look at my capabilities and helped me develop a more analytical mind. I developed confidence, and by the end of the training, I was selected to work as a trainee in the hospital. They even taught me to respect my background and celebrate being a part of it.

If you have a dream and what to realize it put your full effort and with proper mentoring through diversity mentoring program and training you can achieve your goal.

How the Nursing Diversity Program Helped me Fulfill my Nursing Dreams

Hello readers! I am a nurse and would like to share with you my experience on how I became a nurse and what inspired me to pursue this career path. When I was growing up, I would only see my mother at night. She was also a nurse, working in the same hospital as I do now. Whenever I asked her what she did all day, she used to say “I help sick people and help them become well”. I always pictured her as a modern day super heroine who works by day and turns into a great mom by night.

That was pretty much what inspired me; I wanted to be just like my mother and do the things she did. In order to get better exposure and experience, my mother enrolled me in one of the diversity training programs that were offered by her hospital for the staff’s children. Out of hundreds of entries, I was one of the 15 people selected for this fellowship. It was one of my proudest achievements.

The fellowship was a six-week program and started with an orientation, phlebotomy classes and nursing orientation. Each fellow had their own individual mentor who guides them in their various classes throughout the program. We had to work in shifts, and every Friday we used sit with our mentors and be encouraged to speak freely and discuss our problems and experience. At the end of the fellowship, we had to give presentations in our graduation ceremony to share with the audience how the program had benefited us.

My mother was extremely proud when she heard my presentation and that I had decided to follow her career path in nursing. It was a wonderful experience, and for those who are searching for diversity training programs in nursing, be sure to send in your application soon for a better chance of enrollment and a good prospect of developing a nursing career.