Nursing What Is My Career

Nursing What is my career goal? I have had a number of years in the healthcare field -- including a myriad of practical experiences and a number of educational achievements -- so my goal is to receive the training needed to achieve a Doctoral in Nursing.

Moreover, for me the stars are the limit because I want to continue learning and earning degrees until I What am I doing right now to reach my goal? I have my diploma for LPN, I have received my Associates degree in science, I have also achieved my BSN for my RN and now I am seeking my Master's for the position of Family Nurse Practitioner and eventually I will get my Doctoral in nursing. I am applying for admission to the Nursing program at Georgetown University.

How can I be a "Champion for Change" in my role? First of all, nurses -- who are champions for change -- are needed now more than ever. Nurse champions "…stay focused on what patients need" and are "not distracted by politics, power, wars, bureaucracies or budgets" (Turner, 2008). And indeed there continues to be a shortage of nurses in the United States. Those such as myself that are presently licensed as nurses or who are studying to become nurses are champions for change at this time.

According to the "United States Registered Nurse Workforce Report Card and Shortage Forecast" (that was published in the January 2012 issue of the American Journal of Medical Quality), the shortage of registered nurses will spread across the United States between the years 2009 and 2030 (Rosseter, 2012). In the June, 2011 issue of Wanted Analytics reported that there were more than 121,000 new job advertisements for Registered Nurses -- which was up forty-six percent from the number of ads for RNs in 2010.

Clearly my desire to continue my education and learn as much as I can -- and to be wholly up-to-date with all the newest cutting edge technologies and procedures associated with nursing is in fact showing my passion for becoming champion of change.

Why do I want to go to Georgetown? The Nursing program at Georgetown strives to continue its tradition of preparing what Georgetown calls "…morally reflective health care leaders and scholars who strive to improve the health and well being of all people," and that is precisely my own personal passion. The high quality of the Nursing program at Georgetown is well-known, and I am very certain that I will fit into the community of students striving to improve their own ability to help others. My shadowing experiences and clinical experiences.

As mentioned in my opening paragraph, I have had many healthcare-related work experiences, work at the following facilities: a) Johns Hopkins Hospital-Pediatrics & Maternity/Nursery; b) University of MD Medical Systems-Medical/Surgical; c) Northwest Hospital-Medical-Surgical; d) Sheppard Pratt Hospital-Psychiatric Nursing; e) Good Samaritan Hospital-Fundamental Nursing Dialysis; f) Maryland General Hospital -- Community Health; and g) Red Cross Blood Bank Drive -- Community.