SMART Goals

 I have two goals which are important to me for my Winter 2024 semester:

I strive for an average of over 85% by the end of the Winter 2024 semester, so I can keep my academic scholarship and work toward my average of 75% for a critical care setting placement in NURS 4021. I will achieve this goal by continuing my weekly readings and note-taking, utilizing Academic Skills for papers, and becoming more comfortable with digital platforms such as Google Slides and Canva.

I plan to learn the clinical skills in NURS 1020, such as taking vital signs and the many other assessments we will learn, with a high level of proficiency and competence, by the end of my placement in April 2024. I will achieve this goal by attending my labs, reviewing skills before each clinical and reflecting on any improvements I could make after each clinical day. 

 I have two goals which are important to me for my Winter 2025 semester:

I will demonstrate improved head-to-toe assessments every shift while being able to determine what sounds are normal and abnormal by the end of my acute placement. I will do this with the support and feedback from my clinical instructor and assigned nurse.

 I will perform successful catheterization on a patient(s) by the end of my acute placement using the techniques I learned in the lab and with direction from my assigned nurse and clinical instructor.

I will successfully administer medication through an IV pump by April 4/25 while learning its fundamentals with the support of my clinical instructor and assigned nurse.

I will successfully draw up and administer IM and/or SC injections to a person before April 4/25 under the direction of my assigned nurse and clinical instructor.

I will have a developing understanding of how to read and interpret telemetry ECG strips by April  4/25, having learned from my clinical instructor, assigned nurse, and program resources.