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Nelly completed her nursing studies in her native country but had to restart her education when she moved to Canada. She enjoyed studying and obtained several qualifications over 20 years, but the jobs did not provide a decent living. She and her husband moved to Canada for better opportunities but had to restart her education to work as a nurse. Though difficult studying things she already knew, she is determined to continue her nursing career and is now in her last semester of upgrading courses before starting an LPN program in the fall. She faces more obstacles like training in English and getting credits for prior learning, but believes it will be worth it to work as a nurse again.

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Achieving Your Goal Nellys Story PDF

Nelly completed her nursing studies in her native country but had to restart her education when she moved to Canada. She enjoyed studying and obtained several qualifications over 20 years, but the jobs did not provide a decent living. She and her husband moved to Canada for better opportunities but had to restart her education to work as a nurse. Though difficult studying things she already knew, she is determined to continue her nursing career and is now in her last semester of upgrading courses before starting an LPN program in the fall. She faces more obstacles like training in English and getting credits for prior learning, but believes it will be worth it to work as a nurse again.

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"Achieving your Goal Again" by Nelly

When you accept a challenge, see it through. If I have to illustrate my story I


would like to choose the following aspect of my life: I completed my studies in my
native country but when I moved to Canada I had to start studying again. Don't
get me wrong, I have always enjoyed studying. I was an eminent student; to
complete my education I spent twenty years at school. Yes, I spent twenty years
in classrooms reading many books, doing tons of homework, and writing lots of
exams. High school diploma, theological seminars, hair dresser's certificate,
Nursing diploma... all of these I thought would help me to have a good life! It
wasn't like that! Things were going from bad to worse.

I started my nursing career in the post-communist era in Romania. I became a


nurse in my small home town. Being a nurse was my dream; I loved my job! I
bandaged many wounds, I wiped many tears, and I gave many injections;
everybody respected me.

Even though I was pleased with my accomplishments, my job did not provide a
decent existence for me and my family. My husband had two jobs and I had to
supplement my nurse's salary with extra work as well. After our day-job my
husband and I had to go into the fields and grow crops. We could not afford to buy
fresh vegetables. Everything was very pricey. We had to live from one pay-cheque
to the next: no holidays, no vacations, no nothing!

Our life became unbearable; we did not want to live like that anymore. My
husband told me: "It is enough, let's go somewhere far away and look for a better
future for our children!" And we did.

Here we are in Canada. We enjoy living in our new country but to get a good job
and to have a respected profession we have to go to school again. It is a
compromise. I can tell you that going to school is fun, but having to go to school
to study things that you have already studied before is difficult. I want to utilize
my knowledge as a nurse, I want to perform the duties of a nurse, I want to help
people here in Canada, and I want to practice my profession. I wish I could...but...

I decided to go to school again. I wanted to register for the nursing program at


our college but I was told to take upgrading courses. I took all the necessary
courses and now this is my last semester! In September, I will embark on my new
journey and begin talking the LPN program at our local college.

One day I will work as a nurse again. There are other obstacles ahead of me. I
have to be trained to be a nurse in English and I have to get prior learning credits
for the courses I took in my native country. The journey has just begun! It will be
worth it, I hope.

In conclusion, if you have chosen a challenge and have set an expectation, "Don't
wait for your ship to come in... Swim to it!” - Jonathan Winter

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