Pediatric Oncology Nurse Career Analysis

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My #1 goal is to become a pediatric oncology/hematology Nurse Practitioner.
When I was 10 I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and T-cell disease. That experience changed my life and helped me establish what career I wanted. The nurses and doctors that took care of me while I was sick were wonderful and became like family to me; the kept me strong when I was weak and made my weeks in the hospital bearable. When I was in 8th grade I finally told my doctor that I wanted to follow in her footsteps and help other children who are living with this awful disease. The summer after my 9th grade year I began taking some of my prerequisites for the nursing program in order to get a head start. I continued to take a college class each summer

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