NURS 479 Professional Development Grid/Plan

Area

Direct
Patient Care
Leadership

Unit Related
Leadership

Strengths

Good patient rapport

Advocacy
Take charge in patient
care
Set clear expectations
to patient regarding
their role in care

Weakness/Opportunity for
Improvement

Long term goals/strategies

3-5 years

Volunteer to help other Improve quality of change Join a committee

nurses when free
of shift report and timely Volunteer to work with
Answer call lights
execution
student nurses
May be shy
Build solid relationships
timely
Stock supplies if able
communicating with
and collaboration with
higher chain of
Not afraid to ask fellow
coworkers
command
individuals
RNs questions

Be a preceptor/mentor
Consider a
leadership/management
position (Charge Nurse/unit
manager)

Pass the NCLEX

Become a Clinical Nurse Leader,
examination on the first
perhaps a Nurse Practitioner!
Consider joining a DMAT team if
try
Get hired and succeed at
enough critical care
TMCs New Graduate
experience is obtained
Residency Program
Complete ACLS
certification

Certifications

By Tina Fey

Short term goals/strategies

Present-2 years

Date: 12/01/2016

Evidence-based practice
Continue to set clear
expectations of patient
involvement in care to
increase participation and
satisfaction
Excellent conflict resolution
Recognize early symptoms of
burnout

Journals/

Bossypants

Janet Diaz

Delegation (confidence)
Improve time
Communication with
management
Establish an efficient
physicians
Increase knowledge base
routine for my day
(organization)
to teach more effectively
Build confidence to
Time management
delegate and
High self-expectations
communicate with the
leading to stress
interdisciplinary team
(perfectionism)
effectively

Professional
Nursing
Development:
Organizations,

NURS 479
Book selection

Name:

Reduce stress of
sometimes being a
perfectionist
Maintain good sense of
humor in times of stress

Improve self-confidence
without worry of others
opinions
shadowing unit managerimproved shyness
toward higher up staff in
chain of command by
building rapport and
feeling comfortable
asking questions during
active conversation

Leadership
Shadowing
Experience

Professional
Took charge/initiative
Activity/ Community
in group at St.
Service

Lukes Home IPEPstrengthened ability

to start tasks
without being
prompted and
building good
rapport with patients

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

Completing continuing
Complete all Computereducation courses to
Based Trainings for the
bridge any gaps in
facility I will work for
knowledge and maintain Seek out continuing
latest nursing practice
education
Improve patient teaching
opportunities/courses
by revisiting information
and ways to present it.

Enroll in a masters program

(MSN)
Maintain all required
certifications (ACLS, BLS)
current (renew timely)