My Nursing Career Goals

My career goals would include: 1-continuing to work as an advanced practice psychiatric nurse, 2-working on obtaining a doctorate in nursing, and 3- using my education to become a nurse leader while maintaining an advanced clinical practice. Because I am already an advanced practice psychiatric nurse, obtaining a doctorate would only further my knowledge and training base and help further my career by giving me more options from which to choose in the work world. I would like to attend the DNP program at MGH IOHP because of its reputation and faculty and also for its options the program would give me to advance my career. In today’s competitive workplace, having an education that is relevant to the heavy work demands means much. Staying current with educational trends and preparing oneself for work through practice and experience is meaningful. A practice-based doctorate would give me an advantage in the workplace. I would be able to use practical knowledge in a current job market and have more than a research-based doctorate that may not be
My hard work, determination and ability to see “outside the box” and grow from new experiences and changes would set me apart from others. I am also able to give people and new ideas chances for hope and opportunity when others might reject them. I can use those new ideas and make something meaningful out of them. I can take the positive out of people and situations that may not always be positive. I try to take negative situations and turn them around. I can give patients and individuals hope where they don’t see any and I like to give patients and people options where they may see none. Therefore, a strength I have in nursing would be the ability to give people hope and opportunities through my hard work and caring and from a positive outlook and attitude and through a good behavioral example in daily