Nurse Career Goal

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My main career goal is to become a psychiatric nurse. I will accomplish this by obtaining a bachelor’s degree in nursing and a minor in psychology. Because this is a lot of schooling to take on I have decided to take an extra year to make sure that I excel in my studies. After graduating, I hope to work in a mental health clinic or hospital.
I have always been interested in nursing because of my desire to make a difference in other people’s lives. I however was not sure about which direction I wanted to go in my nursing career until I realized that psychiatric nursing would be a perfect fit. I feel that mental health issues take the back burner to physical illnesses. The people I have told about wanting to be a psychiatric nurse are confused