NURS 479 Professional Development Grid/Plan Name: Taylor Weidner Date: May 1, 2017

Area Strengths Weakness/Opportunity for Short term goals/strategies Long term goals/strategies
Improvement Present-2 years 3-5 years

Direct Compassionate Time management Use a nursing tool schedule Become an expert nurse
Patient Care
Leadership Organized More confident with Practice math calculations Obtain additional training and
calculations certificates related to pediatrics and
Educator Become an expert in skills
neonates
More practice with IVs

Unit Related Hard-working Delegation Become a charge nurse Be a mentor to a novice nurse
Leadership
Helpful Be able to say no Increase delegation skills Precept nursing students and new
graduates
Reliable Be able to provide criticism Increase leadership qualities

Professional Obtain Pediatric Advanced Become a travel nurse

Nursing Life Support (PALS)
Continue education as a family nurse
Development: certification
practitioner (FNP)
Organizations,
Obtain Neonatal Resuscitation
Journals/ Program (NRP) certification
Certifications

NURS 479 Enhanced my weaknesses: Enhanced my weaknesses:

Book selection
increase confidence- act delegation- dont overload
(based on your confident right from the staff, be clear, be receptive
strengths and start
be able to say no- dont let
weaknesses)
time management- think people walk all over you
hourly

Leadership Increased my education of Improved my leadership

Shadowing interdisciplinary care qualities through shadowing
Experience two leaders on the unit
 (developmental and Improved my delegation skills
social) by observing delegation of two
leaders on the unit
Enhanced my ability to
provided holistic care to
the patient and their
family

Professional Improved my ability to Increased my confidence in my

Activity/ work with other contributions to the
Community healthcare providers in an interdisciplinary team
Service interdisciplinary team
Enhanced my delegation skills
Enhanced my ability to through an increased
view the patient as a awareness of each team
whole members scope of practice
Increased my awareness Increased my confidence in
on how to prepare for a providing disaster prevention
disaster event in the and recovery to the community
community
Increased my confidence in
Increased my knowledge providing crisis prevention and
on how to react and recovery to individuals
recover from a disaster
event

Education: Stay up to date on Become confident in my Become a charge nurse after Become an expert nurse after three
evidenced-based care and nursing skills through practice one year of being a floor years of being a floor nurse
Continuing
continue to implement it and be able to educate other nurse
Nursing Education Become a travel nurse after four
into my nursing practice nurses on my unit
and/or plans for years of being a floor nurse
Higher Education
Become an NP after two to three
years of being a travel nurse