Personal Goals Essay

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Personal Goals

HCS/301
November 21, 2011

My Personal Goals
A personal goal is a goal made by you and for you. It can be anywhere from arriving to the dentist on time to losing 20 pounds. As a person sets their goal, while reachable, the time frame set to achieve the goal may be inappropriate (Ordonez, Schweitze, Galinsky, & Bazerman, 2009). It is important to decipher, which goals should be short term and which ones should be long term. Goals should also be clear and measurable so it is known when they are reached (Westwood, 2010).
In this paper I will identify a short term and a long term goal, both professional and personal. I will also identify strategies that are needed to achieve these goals. These include needed skills, milestones for achieving these goals, and time management that will be involved to make these goals possible. Professional Goals
Currently I am a registered nurse with an associate degree in nursing. A goal I met some years ago, but I strive for more professionally. I have several professional goals, short term and long term, in which I hope to reach in the years to come.
A short term goal I have seems simple enough, after all I achieved it once before. I was in the past a charge nurse in the intensive care unit at the hospital where I worked. In 2007 I changed jobs and became a Case Manager. In June 2011, I decided to go back to bedside nursing and returned to the same unit from which I left. My goal is to become a charge nurse again. It is not just a title, but a responsibility. The charge nurse is confident, knowledgeable, and organized. Typically, after one year an evaluation occurs to determine if criteria has been met to become a charge nurse. These include being certified in advanced adult and pediatric life support, CPR, multiple competency completions, and leadership skills.
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