How nursing became my calling

To me, nursing is more than just a profession. It’s a calling.

There are two types of nurses out there: the ones who want a paycheck and the ones who love their job. To be honest, when I was beginning my college career, nursing was the last thing I could have chosen for myself. As the semesters went on, the time came to choose a major.

How I ended up in nursing, I’ll never know. I hate vomit, guts and anything that smells disgusting. So as I entered in to nursing school, naturally I wanted to change my major. After many long discussions with advisors and lots of prayer, I decided to stick with what I started with, hoping maybe I could find something I loved within the profession of nursing.

Now, as I am approaching the last semester of my college career, I am finally realizing why I am still in nursing. God has led me down this path and the one thing I thought I would never do, I have grown a deep love for. What better ministry is there than to serve Christ in your career? I began to see this not only as a job, but as a mission field. This really began to hit me when I went through my pediatric mental health clinical rotations. I found this opportunity to show Christ’s love to the poor, weak and abused. I find that I can be his hands and feet through this profession. Something that I realized now looking back is that there truly was a reason that I didn’t quit.

I can’t wait to get out and do my best to show Christ in my work every day. My transition from being a “paycheck seeker” to loving my job has been rewarding and I wouldn’t change it for anything.

Abby Ash is a senior at Oklahoma Christian University

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