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Abstract

Samriddhi Khemka is a Nursing major from Natick, MA. Samriddhi explains that her essay was inspired by memories of crafting with her mom on the living room floor. “Whether it was making flowers out of pencil shavings, flower pressing without proper kits, or painting rocks, my mom undeniably taught me the art of creativity,” she recalls. More importantly, her mother taught her how to see possibility in scraps and to turn what others might throw away into something meaningful. She reflects: “Nothing was ever wasted if it could be remade.” One thing that stood out to Samriddhi while writing this paper was how different it felt compared to her nursing classes. This essay gave her the opportunity to think about care from a more personal, emotional perspective. She began to connect crafting with her mom to the values at the heart of nursing, which require attention, patience, and the ability to find meaning in overlooked details. “It confirmed for me that the kind of hands-on care I want to offer as a nurse doesn’t just come from textbooks,” she explains. “It also comes from how I was raised, and how I’ve learned to care in creative, everyday ways.” Samriddhi has always loved working with children, something that has shaped both her personality and her career goals. Through her experiences as an assistant teacher in high school, she came to appreciate a constant state of becoming, and she hopes to carry that perspective into her future career as a pediatric nurse.

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