Personal Statement For UCAS

Authors Avatar
Personal Statement

I am applying for a place on the Nursing Degree Course as I want to make Nursing my career and progress onto a higher Nursing position. I am a people person who shows empathy competency, I believe I am caring but I also have to ability to show resilience and display these skills in my current role as a health care assistant in a Nursing home in Chester a role that I have held since August 2009 but have fallen in love with.

Between February and August 09 I was out of work but I attended a government funded centre called Standguide which helped me improve my CV and help me look for work, it was them that suggested looking into a care home for realistic experience of care before going into Nursing which I had already thought about but then helped me firmly decide to do that. To get my job I sent letters to every Nursing home in Chester to tell them I was out of work and that I wanted to get into that line of work, I sent in total 22 letters and waited for the responses to come back.
Join now!


Prior to that I worked for Bank of America from the age of 17 during that time I learned the importance of keeping records accurate and up to date, being diplomatic and calming situations down before they could escalate further. I have also showed flexibility both in completing overtime when needed and working various shift patterns including night work.

During the 6 years at the bank I also completed a Personal Development Programme which :-

* Taught me the functions of the different areas of the bank.

* How the departments interact with each ...

This is a preview of the whole essay