Week 5 Assignment: Professional Long-Term and Short-Term Goals
Long-Term Goals
- I will obtain a job as a Registered Nurse within three months after graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Specific: The goal of becoming an RN in three months-time is well-defined.
- Measurable: Success can be measured through the number of interviews, applications, and job offers.
- Achievable: Availability of an appropriate degree for the job.
- Relevant: The goal is to get a job in the healthcare industry after attaining an education degree.
- Time-bound: To achieve the objective three months after graduation
- One year after graduation, I will attend at least two nursing conferences and one of them will cover my specialty.
- Specific: The goal of joining nursing conferences and advance my specialty is specific to improving my career.
- Measurable: Success can be measured through the progress made in advancing my specialty and competence.
- Achievable: The goal to attend two nursing conferences is achievable due to the availability of several reputable nursing conferences.
- Relevant: To engage in continuous learning, joining several nursing conferences to advance my specialty is relevant.
- Time-bound: To join nursing conferences one year after graduation.
Short-Term Goals
- I will document my additional tasks to effectively divide up my time and manage my duties by next week.
- Specific: The goal of documenting my additional duties and tasks is well defined and effective in improving time management.
- Measurable: Success can be measured through the number of tasks achieved and managed throughout the week.
- Achievable: Setting the goal to divide time and manage duties is achievable within my resources.
- Relevant: The goal to manage time is relevant in my nursing education since it can improve my performance and scores.
- Time-bound: To document my additional tasks and duties by the end of the week
- I will attend at least two conferences about anxiety and depression in the coming month.
- Specific: The goal of attending at least two conferences concerning depression and anxiety is necessary for improving my mental health.
- Measurable: The success of the goal can be measured through my improvement in mental health and the ability to handle education and social life effectively.
- Achievable: The goal can be achieved through proper attendance at both conferences and documenting keynotes.
- Relevant: Improved mental health is relevant to my well-being.
- Time-bound: To attend at least two conferences in the coming month.
- I will improve my physical fitness in three months ‘ time.
- Specific: To improve my level of fitness through running.
- Measurable: The success of the goal can be measured by running 5 miles with ease.
- Achievable: I will run for three days every week using varying speed and duration. Two 3 minutes run at a faster speed, and one 40 minutes run at a slower speed.
- Relevant: Physical fitness is relevant to gaining more energy and muscles.
- Time–bound: Three months from today