Nursing Capstone-Goal paper

R470 Clinical Baccalaureate Nursing Capstone

Guidelines for Career Goals Paper

The purpose of this assignment is to assist you in mapping out your future career in nursing which will hopefully clarify for you priorities you will need to plan for in the future to attain these career goals. It generally helps to divide these goals into incremental pieces that assist with attainment of goals and maintain a pathway to success. You may write this as one paper with two sections, short and long-term goals.

Short- term goals :

Write a professional paper, approximately one to two pages which encompass two short term career goals. The paper is to explain, (a) what you want to accomplish, (b) how you will accomplish those goals, (c) what you will need to accomplish those goals, and (d) give specific timeframes. Short term goals are considered to be within one to two years. When describing what you will need to accomplish those goals include resources, schools, research into programs, residencies, advanced practice programs, employers, as examples.

25 points

Long- term goals:

Write a professional paper, approximately one to two pages which delineate two long term career goals. The paper is to explain (a) what you want to accomplish, (b) how you will accomplish those goals, (c) what you need to accomplish those goals, and (d) give specific timeframes. Long term goals are considered to be within 5 to 10 years. When describing what you will need to accomplish those goals include, certifications, resources, schools, employers, research into programs, relocation, as examples.

25 points

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