After being in school for many years with the goal of graduating college with a degree, I am VERY excited to graduate, get my nursing license, and finally start my nursing career. I am most excited about the feeling I will get when I complete my last assignment/ exam for school. Turning in the last assignment or exam will feel like a million pounds lifted off my shoulders. Another thing I am excited about is passing the NCLEX. Passing the NCLEX will be a very big accomplishment and will feel amazing, but it will also make me anxious as well. As of now I am most anxious about finding a job that I love. I understand that there is a nursing shortage and that I will get a job, but whether I like it or like the area I am in is something that I will not know until I start. I am also excited about graduation and the pinning ceremony, and I am glad that I will be ablet to have my family there to see my accomplishment. I will celebrate with my family and my roommates afterwards, and that is something I am looking forward to as well.

            When it comes to preparing and planning my weekly study to stay focused and on track, I will use the SMART goals. With all the assignments we have this semester, I will need to be setting goals for each week or writing down what is due each day of that specific week. For the most part my goals will be what needs to be done for that week and I will make that measurable because I will be able to cross off what I have completed. It will be achieved when I submit them and get a grade and it is time based because that is within the week.

            The ATI Nurse Logic 2.0 modules will help me gain and improve my nursing knowledge and how I think as a nurse. It helps with what we should be doing to prepare, like creating a schedule and good ways to study. I will use those lessons on how I approach the ATI assessments as well as the NCLEX-RN exam.