When I first started nursing school, my only goal was to survive. The first week of class, I had a professor that said "Take nursing school week by week." I did just that and although nursing school was still extremely stressful living week by week made it feel much more manageable. My goals started to change during nursing school as I got the hang of the class work and I was able to into a routine. I put into my short term goals, to graduate early in the summer and I was able to accomplish that goal. Now that I am in my Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) at Stephen F. Austin (SFA) I am living the week to week motto again. My current short term goals include: finishing this semester with all A's and teaching myself work, school family balance. I am currently working in a pediatric department and one of my long term goals is to train into a trauma one Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). A lot of the big hospitals that have PICU in Houston, TX require a BSN so I am working diligently on completing my BSN and obtaining my dream position into a PICU.