NURS 479 Professional Development Grid/Plan

Area
Direct
Patient Care
Leadership

Unit Related
Leadership

Strengths

Compassionate
Patient Advocate
Organization
Ability to connect with
others

Honest
Ability to motivate others
Open-minded

Name: Alyssa Hall

Weakness/Opportunity for
Improvement

Delegation
Self-care by learning to
say no
Self-compassion
Confidence

Delegation
Confidence
Lack of experience

Professional Nursing
Development:
Organizations,
Journals/
Certifications

Short term goals/strategies

Present-2 years

Long term goals/strategies

3-5 years

Goal: Become familiar and fully

understand the AZBON scope of
practice for RN, LPN, and UAP to build
confidence in my ability to effectively
delegate.

Goal: Become an effective leader in the

unit by becoming a charge nurse.

Strategy: Utilize resources within the

organization that I will work at such as
the hospitals policies and visit the
AZBON website.
Goal: Join unit committees to learn and
share information with the unit staff to
improve patient care and outcomes.
Strategy: Inform the clinical staff and
nurse manager in the unit of my interest
in joining a committee.
Goals:
Obtain a PALs certification
Join the Society of Pediatric
Nursing
Subscribe to the Journal of
Pediatric Nursing
Strategy: Utilize resources from staff
and management on how to obtain
certifications and memberships.

NURS 479
Book selection
The Gifts of
Imperfection: Let Go
of Who You Think
Youre Supposed to
Be and Embrace Who
You Are

Compassion for others: The

book describes compassion for
others as a working progress to
accomplish wholehearted living. I
hold strong compassion in my
professional and personal life.
When in the nurse setting a am
capable of accepting others while
maintaining professional
boundaries.

Connection: The book also

describes connection as apart of
wholehearted living. I have the
ability to connect with others on a

Authenticity: The book describes

authenticity as an inspiring choice
to let your true self be seen without
gaining approval from others. This
is a challenge for me as I lack
confidence. I need to let go of what
people think and strengthen my
self-confidence to let my ideas,
thoughts, and feelings be seen.

Self-compassion: Everyday I
practice compassion for others, but
I forget to have compassion for
myself. Self-compassion is critical
in order to care for myself as I do

Date: December 2016

Strategy: Inform the clinical staff in the

unit of my interest in this position and
move up in the chain of command by
speaking to other charge nurses in the
unit and nurse manager.
Goal: Become a new nurse mentor for a
new graduate in the unit.
Strategy: Inform the nurse manager to
review criteria and establish a plan for
mentoring.
Goals:

Become a Certified Pediatric

Nurse
Complete required
certifications to be eligible to
float to the NICU, PICU, Peds
ED, and other specialty
pediatric areas.

Strategy: Utilize resources from staff

and management on how to obtain
certifications.

professional and personal level

while allowing others be seen,
heard, and valued (Brown, 2010,
pp. 19).
Leadership
Shadowing
Experience

Professional
Activity/
Community Service

for others to improve my health

and wellbeing. In order to provide
compassionate care to others I need
to be more self-compassionate.

Provided insight on the

roles, responsibilities,
and expectations of the
charge nurse.
Demonstrated excellent
communication skills
with the unit staff.
Superior knowledge of
the unit.

Provide ways to improve

my weaknesses of
delegation and confidence
by working under pressure
such as performing charge
nurse duties and
completing their own
patient assignments.

Enhanced teamwork skills

and teaching skills while
helping the community
outside of the hospital
setting.
Introducing a new way to
save lives in emergency
situations outside the
hospital setting.

Many residents were not

home, who signed up to
have an installed fire
alarm. Therefore, the
residents were not
provided with the safe
installation of fire alarms
while the Red Cross was
there to provide the
installation.
Mass Casualty Training
was not interactive.

Education:
Continuing Nursing
Education and/or
plans for Higher
Education

It is a priority to keep up
with continuing
education opportunities
and evidence-based
practices to maintain
competence in the
workforce.

Life events that might

interfere with my ability to
continue further nursing
education.
Financial stress

Goal:

Goal: Attend a RN-DNP program.

Pass the NCLEX.
Continue to become certified
in pediatric related
certifications.

Strategy:
Take the Kaplan preparation
course to enhance readiness for
the NCLEX.
Utilize resources within my
organization to obtain
certifications.

Strategy: Look into different institutions

within Arizona that offer this type of
program and still continue to work as a
RN.