Good Report About Strategic Career Planning

Over the course of time, nursing has evolved as a profession whose ideals are embedded on the caring and therefore advancing the health of a population with diverse health needs. It is apparent that the role of the nurse has today become increasingly recognizable and that nurses today are regarded in a more approachable and respectable manner. In some quarters, nursing is defined as a calling but at the professional level it is more than just that calling. It is a dynamic role that involves caring for individuals, making decisions, critical thinking, problem solving and sustenance of a health society. At a personal level, it did not occur to me in my childhood days that one day I will be looking forward to pursues a career in nursing. There are no family members within the health care sector from whom I can attribute to my decision to pursue the role of an NP or even any role within the healthcare system. However, on a simple search, I thought I would do well in this sector.
There are various issues that I placed into consideration at the time. Key among them is the opportunities that have emerged within the reformed healthcare system and secondly an emergence of a focus on helping populations in need which I developed at some point while working as a volunteer for a community health agency that was conducting health education and promotion activities in rural areas with specific sensitization on HIV/AIDS and other the role of the family in a stable and healthy society. These two points have become the focal point of my career path and as an NP I am looking forward to begin specialization as a Family Nurse Practitioner. The contemporary remunerations within the healthcare system are not a concern to me and in my view; they are encouraging compared to the past figures that have sidelined nurses in relation to other professionals.
I therefore, focus on two major goals; for the short term, I will seek to impact young families in less disadvantaged communities as well as to help nurture young children so that they can grow with a concept of their proactive role in managing their health even within the limited resources in their communities or families. In order to achieve this, I am planning to have successfully sought a job in one of the major rural healthcare facilities within my state within the next five months. In order to actualize this, my idea is to begin working as a volunteer in one of my preferred healthcare facilities. This will not only place me in an advantageous position but also provide me a platform to develop my career, gain experience and network more widely.
My second goal which is the long term goal is to begin my Masters Degree program within the next three years after I successfully settle in my immediate future job and workstation. MSN prepared nurses are the new ‘in-thing’ in healthcare and not necessarily due to the certifications but their impact to a healthcare system that is characterized by complex healthcare issues that transcend beyond physical outcomes and extend to finances, family roles and relationships, emotional and social support as well as cognitive and functional wellness of the patients and populations. It also encompasses advocacy and that includes the political aspect which has become a necessity as nurses recognize their role as the actual representatives of the patients and populations who have previously remained underserved.
The priority for now is to get successfully find an employer and preferably in a rural healthcare setting where I can work with families. I want a role that can help me to look beyond the clinical setting and interact with families from their immediate environment. I would not want a role that would confine me to the clinical setting but one that would allow me to seek for solutions beyond the clinic by expanding the nature of family assessment. In five years, I hope to be in the middle phases of my MSN program or closer to completion. At this point, I hope to have segmented my philosophy and now setting the stage for a promotion or an advanced role in advocacy, management or administration. I will seek to have strengthened my role in professional nursing organizations as a way to building my advocacy goals at a political level. In order to help build my profile within the professional nursing organizations, I will seek to begin membership as soon as I am into employment.
My plan towards seeking for employment is primarily by working as a volunteer for the immediate future in one of my preferred rural healthcare facilities. However, I will not limit the search to this aspect and I will register in some of the professional organizations and agencies that advertise or have connections to NP job opportunities. One of the vibrant and active web based platforms I will seek to follow closely is the NPJobs.com. it is a allows one to provide a resume through which they can filter the jobs that suit your profile and therefore notify you by mail or phone without any charges being incurred. These two methods will allow me to diversify the search and thus increase the chances of early invitation for an interview.
Once the opportunity for an interview arises, I understand that preparation is the key. In this case, I will conduct a thorough research of the organization to make sure that I understand their ideals, their mission and their vision. This will enable me to be at ease with the questions that may arise during the interview so that I can ably answer them in a manner that reflects those ideals that my future employer pursues. I will then make a comparison of the job qualifications and requirements to my set of skills. This will ensure that there are minimal differences between my resume, skill set and the job requirements and therefore limit the judges or panel to my strengths in the role. I will want to put the panel in a situation where they know that I understand the role and its challenges but more importantly, I have a plan for such issues. Further, I will contact one of my experienced colleagues and inform them of the opportunity that awaits me. I will seek for their advice in relation to the interview and what they think I should be well knowledgeable. I will inform my colleague on the job requirements and present to them my resume to enable them provide me with the actual information that I may need to carry at the time of the interview.
The third preparation phase is to develop and plan the responses. In this case, I will make a thorough analysis of the organization, their patient volumes and the specific role I am intended to perform and thus quantify the measures. The next phase is to plan the attire as well as making sure that I know the location and the technicalities involved in travelling to the place. I will also research on the non-verbal skills and determine their application in a typical interview situation. Three days prior to the interview, I will also travel to the place is it is a place I have not visited before to assess the time I may require to arrive on time. On the eve of the interview, I will sleep early and set out my items, such as pens, watch, resume, CVs and any other relevant material as well as a checklist on my dairy to confirm that I carry them all in the morning.