My Career Goals In Nursing

Registered nurses work alongside physicians providing patient care in a variety of ways. A few examples of what nurses are responsible for include: administering medications, tracking patient’s vital signs, helping to diagnose and properly treat patient aliments and educating the patient and their family on their condition and the course of treatment. Depending on what area of medicine a nurse works in will determine more generalized and specific duties and responsibilities. There are many different areas a nurse may work in. Some areas include: obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, emergency room, and many more. Nurses can work in a variety of settings, these can include: hospitals, urgent cares, doctors office, nursing homes and home health.

I’ve worked for DaVita dialysis for two years; before changing careers I worked in early childhood education for 8 years. I decided to make a career change because I didn’t feel in my heart that I was being challenging myself enough to my full potential. I’ve always enjoyed the opportunity to help others. My mother has been an LPN for over 36 years, so I spent countless hours at her job at a hospital when I was growing up. I would spend time in the office of the her director of nurse and I would ask questions for days. I’ve always had a passion for healthcare, but, I was afraid of blood so decided that nursing was out the question for me. So I chose the business side of healthcare to focus on. I want to advance my career in healthcare.

My ambition is to graduate St. Francis College as a Registered Nurse with a Bachelor’s degree in the upcoming years. Although majoring in nursing will not be easy, I feel I am prepared for the challenge. At this time in my life I cannot see myself majoring in anything else. As a young girl, with a mother working in the medical field, I was always fascinated going to work with her. Working in a doctor’s office these past two and a half years myself has given me much experience with patients and has made it more to clear to me that this is what I want to pursue as a career. I wish to be a nurse because I seem to get a feeling of warmth and internal satisfaction when helping those in need. I have begun to learn that medicine is not the only cure for people’s ailments. It is the care they receive by those around them whether it is in a hospital, nursing home, or even their own home. This is where I believe that I can make a great difference in people 's lives by helping them recover.

After graduating from Blackhawk Technical College my nursing career will begin at St. Mary's Janesville Hospital as a surgical/pediatric nurse. I am excited to begin this journey within an organization I have been a part of since before the doors opened in January of 2012. St. Mary's Janesville is partnered with several colleges offering ADN to BSN degrees. My future goals include enrolling and completing an ADN to BSN degree program by December of 2020. In addition to earning my BSN by 2020, my goals also include obtaining my ACLS and PALS certificates within four months of hire.

I am a nursing student. I have a great passion for caring for others. My short term goals are to graduate Riverland Community College with my Associate's Degree in Nursing this December. I plan to work very hard and prepare to take my nursing licensure exam at the beginning of next year to become licensed as a registered nurse. I will then transfer to Metropolitan State University to complete my Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.

In your nursing career or personal life, have you volunteered your services? If so, please describe the facility and your experience. If not, why?

In one year I see myself attending Grand Valley State University, studying nursing. I will be working on my prerequisites on their Allendale Campus.

In my future career as a Registered Nurse I will use math in a number of ways. For example, giving the right amount in medication dosages or IV dosages. It is extremely important for a nurse to know how to convert, and calculate the amount needed.

At a young age, I knew that I always wanted to work in healthcare. From taking my mom’s stethoscope and using it on my sibling, to going to the hospital and asking loads of questions. I realized my desire, but I did not know what part of healthcare I wanted to become a part of. My first thought was to become a doctor because I assumed that they were the sole foundation of a hospital. Little did I know, nurses are hard at work in the background and are doing just as much work as a doctor. My mother herself was a nurse, and watching her was inspirational. She loved her job and was always so excited, which sparked my curiosity about what she did at work. My questions at hospital visits grew more and more, till I finally came to the rationalization

“When you are a nurse you know that every day you will touch a life or a life will touch yours.”(Anonymous) A lot of people want a career in the medical field but soon realize it has requirements that are not easy. If you really want something you have to fight for it. If you want to be a registered nurse you have to go to school and try because one day you could help someone. The patients rely on upcoming nurses a lot. The qualifications for becoming a registered nurse aren’t easy but it is worth it.

The main goals I have for myself are to become a well-rounded, intelligent, and focused nurse. I want to know all about nursing and how I can help everyone I can. I come from a long line of strong women who were nurses. Nursing is in my blood and I want to carry the legacy on. As a nurse, I want to be able to touch as many lives as possible. As for my education, I want to continue on for the rest of my life, therefore I will never stop learning new medical procedures and practices for the future. I want to be able to be educated in all ways of nursing so it opens my opportunities to help more people. There are many people in the world that need my help and if I can touch hundreds of them I know that in my heart I did the right thing. Not only

At the age of seven, I had my first kidney transplant that left me hospitalized for two weeks. During this time, I had plenty of time to “investigate” what health career I should pursue. I immediately became fascinated with nursing. Wanting to be involved with my medical care, and curious about the nursing profession, I began asking my nurse questions about why she had chosen to become a nurse, and what she liked most about her profession. Her response was simple, “Because she wanted to help people like me.” At his point, I knew that becoming a nurse would be my goal for the future.

My desire to pursue a career in healthcare stemmed from the moment my father was diagnosed with kidney failure. Previously, my young heart was set on becoming an ice cream man; granted, that was so I could eat all the ice cream and it wasn’t going to lead to a good business. My father suffered from kidney failure for almost eight years and each moment brought fear into my daily life. I may not have fully understood the severity of the situation; but I knew something was wrong—and I knew I would to do anything for him. When he finally received a kidney, I thought the battle was over; however, the relief only lasted a few years.

It is in Dialysis Nursing that I have found an area where I can combine clinical discretion with the care and compassion that makes nursing so rewarding. I have worked as a Hemodialysis RN in Acute and Chronic settings and as a Home Therapy RN assisting patients with End Stage Renal Disease. I was also selected to take advanced training and became the lead Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse for my Acute Dialysis unit. By providing different modally options and education to my patients, which leads to their optimal care, I found that I could be part of a positive change in their lives. For me such an impact is the most rewarding part of being a Dialysis Home Therapy Nurse.

I realized the role of caring has always been embedded in me. Now I could see that the once directionless person I was now has a goal. My experiences were small steps that contributed to helping build this invisible and long ladder of mine to reach my nursing goals. I was fearful to speak out loud about approaching nursing as a career because I had a couple of obstacles in my way. I definitely struggled with my grades that affected my GPA greatly. I spend some days crying because I could not see where I could go with my grades and what future I would even have. Instead of loitering around and letting my fear to continue taking over me, I made a change. I took a two-year gap and decided to retake most of my pre-requisites classes and also took different major classes – correction, databases, and Microsoft software- to expand my knowledge. The anatomy, microbiology, and physiology classes were smaller and more interactive. I was more active with my voice and asked numerous questions to make sure I truly understood the subjects. Because of work and school, I knew I had to make time to start early on my studying. I would study all my lecture notes and PowerPoints after class and then rewrite everything on a blank piece of paper. This way when I am writing it, I would understand what I was writing. I knew it was the longer route in studying, but I found it to be the only way that worked for me. It was a lot of writing, but in the end, I got the grades I wanted. I