You will explore personal and professional goals for the Master’s degree as you begin your transition into graduate level nursing.
Required Reading & Resources
- Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. (2016). Nurse of the future: Nursing core competencies: Registered nurse. https://www.mass.edu/nahi/documents/NOFRNCompetencies_updated_March2016.pdf
Recommended Reading & Resources
- American Nurses Association. (2015). Nursing: Scope and standards of practice (3rd ed.). Silver Spring, MD: Author.
- Institute of Medicine. (2011). The future of nursing: Leading change, advancing health. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
- Halstead, J. A. (2019). NLN Core Competencies for Nurse Educators: A Decade of Influence. Washington, DC: National League for Nursing.
Instructions:
- Nursing Organization: Research a nursing organization representing your intended nursing specialty focus and provide a review of its mission and vision.
- Discuss how the organization may influence your future plans and education in the intended specialty.
- Short-Term Goals: Discuss your intended nursing specialty focus and purpose for choosing this specialty. Develop 3 short-term career goals and discuss how earning the MSN degree will impact your career goals and how you plan to achieve those short-term goals. Note: Short-term goals are those that may be achieved within a year.
- Long-Term Goals: Develop 3 long-term career goals and discuss how you plan to achieve those long-term goals. Note: Long-term goals may take several years to reach.
- Barriers: Identify three (3) potential barriers to achieving your short-term and long-term and construct a plan to address barriers.
- Professional Development Plan: Use the table below to identify how you will obtain or strengthen a minimum of four of the competencies necessary for your specific educational tract/practice area. This can be through course work using the course descriptions as a guide as well as Practice Experiences in the courses.
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