Something Positive: Your 5-Year Plan

bugya90, ASN, BSN, LVN, RN · Apr 5, 2016

Love this. Let's see, I'll finish my LVN-RN bridge at the end of this year. I'll finish my BSN spring of 2018. I'm in family med right now and would love to stay on the ambulatory side of things. So hopefully I'll stay a clinic nurse and maybe even charge nurse in 2019? Depending on when my husband and I decide to have kids I may start my MSN right after I finish my BSN.

Lev, MSN, RN, NP · Apr 5, 2016

This year - sit for CEN

2 years - apply for NP school, transfer to ICU

3 years - start NP school, get CCRN, get PACU job

5 years - graduate from NP school

happy_life · Apr 5, 2016

This thread would be fun to revisit in 5 years and see where we are!

Just got accepted to an NP program for Fall 2016 so hopefully in 5 years I'll be working as an NP. My ultimate goal is a lower stress job than bedside nursing so hopefully I can achieve that as an NP.

Otherwise my hubby and I are thinking about starting a family so in 5 years we should have a kid or 2 :yes:

MedicFireRN · Apr 5, 2016

This is a cool idea

This year: I just started working as an RN in the ED

Next year: CEN hopefully in the spring (if not sooner, I am debating taking it sooner rather than later since I've been a medic for 6 yrs prior to RN); BSN will be finished August 2017.

2-3 years: I would love to do an ICU internship and maybe even work there FT/PT/PRN. I'm loving the ED but also want to see how I feel about ICU having done critical care transports as a medic.

5-7 years: If I can get the critical care experience and be a competitive applicant, CRNA school.

If I do some sort of MLP program, I want to be clinical and more hands on than most NPs get to be, so I think I'd have to be doing something like CRNA. Otherwise I would probably prefer to be adjunct faculty somewhere over doing an MLP program and do FT ER or ICU nursing, or perhaps even as a flight nurse/medic.

Been there,done that, ASN, RN · Apr 5, 2016

Hi all,
I was hanging laundry at 4 am last night (can't get off that night shift schedule) and thinking about the future.
next year or two: get my PCCN certification and precept. I'd like to have the solid knowledge base before I get a really sharp new grad who drops a ton of 'what if...' questions on my head.
3-5 years: go get my MSN and start teaching ADN or BSN students. We have several awesome ADN programs around here that I'd be willing to work for in the clinical setting.
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maybe take a detour and go work in the ED or CTICU for a few years, and see if I'm really cut out for this trauma/flight nurse business.
What is your 5-year (nursing) plan?

Excellent plan.

My plan is hope to be alive in the next 5 years.

Bunsen · Apr 5, 2016

Just finished my BSN in March. Work for 2-3 years in the stepdown unit, not sure if I would want to move to a different floor eventually or not. Apply for a 3 year DNP program and work PRN on the side while that's going on.

Then hopefully practitioner in a clinic!

allnurses Guide · Apr 5, 2016

Retire :yes:

bugya90, ASN, BSN, LVN, RN · Apr 6, 2016

Retire

I can't wait for this day. Unfortunately I'm still 40 years away from mine as I'm only in my 20's. [emoji106]ðŸ»

cracklingkraken, ASN, RN · Apr 6, 2016

This year: pass the NCLEX and get a job.

5 years: Who knows? I would love to find a floor I love and stay for the long haul, but that doesn't appear to be the norm these days.

Kimstwin · Apr 6, 2016

I'm hoping to start my NP program in August, (anxiously awaiting word).

In 5 years I'd like to be working on building my own practice.

klone, MSN, RN · Apr 6, 2016

Have my boss's job (hopefully in the next two years or so). Do that job until our house is paid off (approximately 10 years from now). Retire to central America.