Pursuing A Career As A Certified Nursing Assistant

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My educational and career goals are to get my certified nursing assistant degree at the end of May 2018. I then want to acquire an associate's of science in nursing at Des Moines Area Community College and then get my bachelors of science in nursing in an online course through University of Iowa at Des Moines Area Community College. I plan to work as a nurse for about 5-7 years and then go back to school to become a nurse practitioner. I plan to work at a hospital hopefully on the pediatrics floor or in the neonatal intensive care unit. Two of my most meaningful achievements happened last year when I was invited to be at the honors breakfast and honors assembly. I showed me that with all of the schooling I have to go through to become

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