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.
Specializes in Pharmaceutical Research, Operating Room.
4 years: spend my summer off hiking the Appalachian trail (not career related; bucket list item with my stepfather, we've been planning it for a long time)
Always wanted to do this too, what an amazing experience it would be! I hope you get to do it!
Hoping to be working days in the next few years also. Working nights is hard. It's just hard for my body to adjust so much because I still need to be on days on my days off.
If I can get some time in there, I may go for my BSN. I am ready for a break from school. These past 3 years have been hard.
Specializes in med-surg, IMC, school nursing, NICU.
Side note: sometime within the next 5 years, run a full marathon! Also, take an amazing, extended vacation to somewhere with white sand beaches and drinks with umbrellas in them when husband and I pay off all the debt!!!
Oh, me too! I have my first half in November. I'd like to do a full in the next 3 years.
Specializes in Pharmaceutical Research, Operating Room.
Oh, me too! I have my first half in November. I'd like to do a full in the next 3 years.
That's wonderful!! I haven't gotten to that phase yet - started running last year, had a tibial stress fracture that put running on hold for a while because it wasn't healing like it should have been. I blame it on hauling the dreaded boot around the OR while I should have probably been resting it. Working on building my tolerance back up now - slow and steady wins the race! (and doesn't crack any bones again!)
Mine is very low-key compared to many of yours. Work on my health, think about what other type(s) of nursing I might want to do, and may not be working in 5 years, but that depends on several factors. Right now am thinking about quitting in a few months to take a break & do the health & thinking thing - getting burned out in my present job/position.
4 years: spend my summer off hiking the Appalachian trail (not career related; bucket list item with my stepfather, we've been planning it for a long time)
Have you read Bill Bryson's book A Walk In The Woods? I read it once a year; first time was in 2000.
One reviewer said "A tale that's laugh-out-loud funny, wonderfully evocative of a long-distance hike and filled with intrigue, pride, outrage, pain . . . Close to perfect . . . a fine, funny reminder that adventure waits close by, whether or not we chose to embrace it".
I've done one half-marathon in remembrance of a good friend who died of brain cancer. She was an avid hiker, runner, mountain climber. I'd like to do it again this year.
In the next 2 years I plan to complete my ASN, pass the NCLEX and become an RN, then start working anywhere I can get a job (preferably L&D but I'll take anything so I can start paying off my loans). Then work towards the BSN online and hopefully get that done within the next 2 years. Year 5, who knows. I would really like to be involved in women's reproductive health in some way, because educating about sex, family planning, pregnancy, and new motherhood is a huge passion of mine. I'm still not quite sure how that particular passion would translate into the nursing field, but that's something I hope nursing school will help me to figure out.
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Always wanted to do this too, what an amazing experience it would be! I hope you get to do it!