Smart Goals - template

NURS 497 Professional Nursing SMART GOALS

Directions: Write 2 long-term and 3 short-term goals (or vice versa) professional nursing SMART goals.

Each goal must be written in the SMART format and include a month and year deadline. In addition, each

SMART goal must include 3 Action Steps that need to be accomplished to meet the goal. SMART goals

must be related ONLY to your professional nursing career development and growth.

Name:

Short Term Goal 1

I will finish this term and pass

understand the disease.

3. I will take notes on what I don’t understand or get wrong

when I take the dynamic quizzes.

Short Term Goal 2

I will pass my NCLEX on the

first try.

SMART Goal (Month/Year): 09/2023

Action Items:

1. I will prepare by using prep courses (Marc Klimec,

Saunders, UWorld, Archer) and using their practice

I will become a labor and

delivery nurse and work for a

few years.

SMART Goal (Month/Year): 10/2023

Action Items:

1. I will apply to a hospital seeking for a position as a L&D

nurse.

2. I will prepare for my interview and hopefully earn that

position.

3. I will take classes and earn certifications (lactation

Action Items:

1. I will take classes to learn how to become an injector.

2. I will observe other injector nurses and see how they are

injecting.

3. I will obtain experience by working at a MedSpa.

Long Term Goal 5

I will go back to obtain my

nurse practitioner degree and

open my own aesthetic clinic.

SMART Goal(Month/Year): 01/2027