Running head: PROFESSINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 1

Professional Development Plan

Rebecca Nappi

Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing

Servant Leadership

NUR 4241

Dr. Barbara Ellcessor, DNP, RN, RNC-OB

April 29, 2018

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Professional Development Plan

The profession of nursing is changing dramatically and will continue to evolve with all

of healthcare over the coming years. There are many advanced learning opportunities for nurses

spanning every specialty. The field of anesthesia has always been a field that interested me

but since working in the operating room for the last three years it has become my

dream. Certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA) and registered nurse circulators work side

by side in the operating room collaborating as a team for every case. I have great respect for the

profession of the advanced practice nurses that delivery anesthesia under the guidance of an

anesthesiologist. There is a growing shortage of certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs)

in America and due to the aging population and advancing surgical interventions available the

shortage will continue to worsen (MacKinnon, 2016). The future of professional nursing

is gaining respectability and recognition with these advanced opportunities for nurses. I desire to

continue my servant leadership growth in my transition from the operating room to the intensive

care unit which is a requirement for admission into a Doctorate degree program. I am currently

in a leadership role in my current department. Applying servant leadership principles has been

very important to my growth as a charge nurse but transitioning out of leadership and going back

to the bedside nursing will shift my focus my servant leadership to direct patient care and away

from staff needs. Servant leadership is the philosophy that I plan to model my nursing career

after (Savel & Munro, 2017). This mind set of others first and seeking out opportunities to make

the people around me better is a way of thinking that will benefit me no matter what type of

nurse I am or whether I am in a formal leadership role. Placing the needs of my patients above

my own comfort or pushing myself to be more educated and better prepared to care for my

patient population is just a few examples of being a servant leader in the profession of nursing.
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This plan that I have devised for my future as a nurse is a bold and challenging future, but

anything less would leave me feeling less satisfied and unfulfilled. The push for nurses to go

back and get their bachelorette degree is what has inspired me and revived me to continue even

further. This is a common feeling among nurses as they get back into the school mind set they

see a few more years as very obtainable. As nurses continue to develop as professions, as leaders

and as servants the profession of nursing will continue to produce wonderful caregivers at all

levels.
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References

MacKinnon, M. (2016). How 3 key healthcare trends affect CRNAs & predictions for the future.

Retrieved from https://www.beckersasc.com/anesthesia/how-3-key-healthcare-trends-

affect-crnas-predictions-for-the-future.html

Savel, MD, R., & Munro, RN, C. (2017). Servant Leadership: The Primacy of Service.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE, 26, 97-99. Retrieved from

http://ajcc.aacnjournals.org/content/26/2/97.full.pdf
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Identified Learning Method for achieving Time frame Measures of Success

Needs and Goals goals

Finish BSN Degree Take two classes over 3 Months Pass Both Classes
summer @ BSMCON Receive BSN degree

Receive job in ICU Create Professional 3-6 Months Obtain job

department Resume
Obtain references

Take chemistry and GRE Take and pass college 18 Months Passing Grade
level Chemistry with an >300 GRE score
‘A’ and Obtain >300 on
GRE

Apply to CRNA school Apply on time 2.5 Years Starting CRNA School
and Receive spot Interview Well

Complete CRNA school Work hard in the 2-5 years Receive Doctorate of
program Nurse Anesthetist

Work as a CRNA in Work hard in school,

large teaching hospital gain friends at clinical 5-10 years Work as Nurse
sites and seek out job anesthetist
opportunities