It’s the time for new resolutions and goals. Jennifer Mensik, PhD, RN, FAAN, gives you food for thought if you’re thinking of going back to school.

In a piece on Nurse.com, the executive director of nursing programs at  OnCourse Learning and faculty member at Arizona State University’s College of Nursing starts with the goal near and dear to the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action: getting 80 percent of RNs to have a bachelor’s degree by 2020. She goes on to explain the biggest aspects of learning that would-be nursing students should think about.