How Do You Plan to Reach Your Goals in Nursing

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Unless you have been working for many years--and even then--you probably still have goals you would like to achieve as a nurse. What are your goals and how do you plan to achieve them?

Today I came up with a plan for myself that may or may not work out.

1. Leave current LTC/Rehab Job

2. Get a lower acuity hospital job, such as med-surg, orthopedics, etc.

3. After a year or two, pursue a progressive care unit. There are several cardiac progressive care units for me to pursue which would assist me best in reaching my next goal. Spend a year or two there.

4. Obtain position working at our hospital's cardiovascular surgical ICU. This is my favorite unit to visit at our hospital. The care these patients need is very complex, but is also very fascinating. I admire these nurses for all the knowledge and skills they have, including the ability to work with newborns through geriatrics. Eventually, I would love to be able to do what they do.

5. Take and pass CCRN. This would be a huge accomplishment for me, one of which I would be proud.

6. Possibly go back to school to eventually become an instructor. I love teaching.

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Specializes in Urgent Care, Research, Care Coordination.

I have no idea what I ultimately plan to do. I work M-F in care coordination. I am enrolled at Aspen University for their RN-BSN prgm. I may decide to get my NP in a few years, but then again I may not. My plan changes from month to month :/

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Do my grunt work for 2 years...

Get into critical care and use the hospital tuition reimbursement for masters....

If I was younger, I would spend a little more time on the floor, but damn - I am pushing 50 (46) so kind of speeding things up a bit.

Ultimate goal: teach at a university and teach clinicals. Everyone knows I love teaching and education, especially when I have nursing students assigned to my patients.

In the interim before ED pursuit- I would get my ACLS / PALS on my own time / resources and study for CCRN.

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1) Just completed my CNA program, passed the state exam

2) take the teas version 6

3) apply to local registered nursing programs and cross my fingers.

4) Obtain an ADN

5) ADN to MSN program

6) God willing I will become a nurse practitioner

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
Unless you have been working for many years--and even then--you probably still have goals you would like to achieve as a nurse. What are your goals and how do you plan to achieve them?

1. Retire- plan on working maybe a couple more years. Or not.

2. Die- plan to cease spontaneous respirations. I'm sure about that one!

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Specializes in Trauma, Teaching.

Remain functional until I can retire......

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1. Retire- plan on working maybe a couple more years. Or not.

2. Die- plan to cease spontaneous respirations. I'm sure about that one!

Good one! :) :roflmao:

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Specializes in Critical Care and ED.

I've been in nursing for 25 years but I still have goals. I've achieved everything I possibly could as a nurse....I've done my CCRN, did my RN to BSN, did critical care for years....and now I am about to start the final year of my MSN to be an acute/critical care APRN. I've always enjoyed moving upwards and learning new things but this last year feels absolutely mammoth to me and almost insurmountable. I just want to finish and graduate but I've been running out of steam because I don't feel in good condition right now, so I decided to enter a bodybuilding competition and get myself in the best shape of my life at the age of 50. I'm not new to bodybuilding but I've neglected it while I've been in school. I figured if I'm fit it will give me the strength and motivation to get through this last, most difficult, year and I'll have the energy to work full time and do clinicals at the same time. I started last week and I feel inspired and excited instead of the usual dread so that's a positive.

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