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Direct Patient Care Leadership

Strengths

PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Whitney Mudd
University of Arizona College of
Nursing

Communication
Sound Judgment
Patient Advocate

Short Term Goals

Use evidence based
practice
Continue to review
current research

Weaknesses

Self-condence
Patient Care
Clustering

Long Term Goals

Improve
Condence
Improve autonomy

Unit Related Leadership

Professional Nursing Development

Strengths

Short Term Goals

Eager to be involved
Leadership training
Forward thinking

Short Term Goals

Improve delegation skills
Work as Charge Nurse
Shadow various leadership
positions

Weaknesses
Outspoken
Delegation

Long Term Goals

Become RN manager
Join unit-related
committees
Conrm specialty

Nursing 479 Book Selection

Strengths
Communication
Being a team player
Balancing personal and
professional life

Benets
Provided insight to what the
transition from new grade to
sta nurse includes

Complete Pediatric
Advanced Life Support
(PALS)
Complete Advanced
Cardiovascular Life Support
(ACLS)
Complete Neonatal
Advanced Life Support
(NALS) and Neonatal
Resuscitation Program
(NRP)

Long Term Goals

Become active member of
Association of Womens
Health, Obstetric and
Neonatal Nurses
Maintain Active
Membership in Sigma
Theta Tau International/
Apply for various
leadership positions

Leadership Shadow Experience

Shadowed Unit of Interest Charge Nurse
Advantages
Gave me an idea of what a
typical day looks like for a
charge nurse
Opened my eyes to how
much goes into this position

Disadvantages
Specic to the hospital
Limited time
Limited activities according
to day

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Leadership Shadow Experience (Cont.)

Shadowed Lactation Specialist
Advantages

Disadvantages

Gained insight to this

position
Understand education/
training required

Short staed that day

Limited time
Activities specic to that day

Continuation of Education in
Nursing
Strengths

Professional Activity/Community
Service
Volunteered with Beads of Courage
Advantages

Disadvantages

Exposed to how much work

goes on behind the scenes
Gained insight to the
dierent types of beads
Learned a nurse started the
program

Only behind the scenes

volunteering

Expected Timeline

Weaknesses

Eager to learn
Evidence based practice
Quick learner

Spreading myself too thin

Getting too comfortable

Short Term Goals

Long Term Goals

Complete prerequisites
Conrm specialty
Apply to DNP programs

Complete education
programs
Explore other educational
opportunities
Volunteer to attend
conferences

References:
Kleber, Kati (2014). Becoming Nursey. Charlotte, NC: Nurse Eye Roll LLC,
2014.

Questions?

Read Write Think (2016). Timeline. Retrieved on April 20, 2016 from
www.readwritethink.org/les/resources/interactives/timeline_2/