This sculpture is The Vietnam Women’s Memorial on National Mall in Washington DC. This amazing sculpture illustrates three women in uniform helping a wounded soldier during the war. Most of the women in the Vietnam War were nurses. I wanted to focus on this piece of art because I have great respect for the men and women who serviced our country and it is one of the many reasons I want to become a nurse. I want to be there for patients during their greatest time of need. This sculpture also demonstrates how nurses are willing to lay down their life to save someone else. In addition this depicts, how nurses can work and function under pressure no matter the circumstances. This sculpture demonstrates how nurses are kind, willing, smart, courageous, empathetic, everything I strive to be as a person in life. For my carrier I want to focus on emergency nursing, like the emergency room, flight nursing or a nurse in the air force.
This is a wonderful aspect of nursing. I feel the same way about nursing, that nurses are there for people in their greatest time of need. This is also one of the reasons that I wanted to become a nurse, nurses are filled with caring and compassion for their patients in need.
Hanna,
The statue is very moving indeed; I was lucky enough to be in DC the autumn day the statue was revealed and dedicated. It was very moving and many soldiers came to thank the nurses who meant so much to them! I hope, if not already, you get to see this in person!
Professor Goran