Running Head: PROFESSIONAL GOALS

Professional Goals: Short and Long Term

Shannon OShea
University of South Florida College of Nursing

PROFESSIONAL GOALS

Professional Goals: Short and Long Term

Without goals and objectives life can become chaotic. Strong goals help us to map out
our objectives, and give us something to strive for. For the last sixteen months my one goal has
been to graduate with my BSN from the University of South Florida. Now that I have
accomplished this feat, it is time to set new professional goals for myself.
Short Term Goals:
1. Successfully pass the NCLEX, and begin working as a Graduate Nurse resident at Mease
Countryside Hospital by October 2016.
2. Begin working in a critical care position or emergency department as a CNII by January
2018.
Long Term Goals:
1. Apply to an acute care DNP program by January 2019.
2. Graduate from a DNP program by January 2022, and begin working as a nurse
practitioner.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
- Tony Robbins