PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

JENNIFER STEBBINS
 DIRECT PATIENT CARE ABILITIES

 Personal Strengths- therapeutic communication, individualizing patient needs,

patient advocate
 Opportunities for Improvement- patience when working with rude patients
 Short-term Goals- to be able to implement chemotherapy treatments
 Long-term Goals- never have a medication administration error
 Integrative Modality I Incorporated with Patient Care- Integrative Nursing Principle
“Nature has healing and restorative properties that contribute to health and
wellbeing” (Kreitzer & Koithan, 2014).
 UNIT LEADERSHIP ABILITIES

 Personal Strengths- strong organizational skills

 Opportunities for Improvement- assertiveness, being outgoing, dealing with conflict
 Short-term Goal- becoming “the nurse everyone goes to” for help
 Long-term Goal- be charge nurse
 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 Short-term Goals- oncology & chemotherapy certified, work in pediatric oncology

 Long-term Goals- Join an oncology committee (ex. Colorado Cancer Coalition
Screening Coordination Committee – improve cancer screening rates by building
knowledge and awareness, and increasing availability of cancer screening in all
communities)
 LEADERSHIP BOOK
 Bossypants by Tina Fey
 Strengths- laugh off embarrassing moments or mistakes, “blorft- completely
overwhelmed but proceeding as if everything is fine.”
 Areas of improvement- celebrate my wins, dealing with rude people
 Beneficial to my professional growth- remember to give praise and credit to those
who deserve it
- “Pose, deal with what is being said to you, try to enjoy it,” (Fey, 2011). (Ex. rude
customer)
 LEADERSHIP SHADOWING EXPERIENCE

 Ruby, Unit Manager

 Wanted better understanding of what a unit manager does
 I experienced weekly meeting with executives, discharge huddle, staffing
 Other tasks- helping to implement facility wide changes, payroll, accept/deny time off
or overtime
 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
 BLS Recertification-
- Needed to be done
- Important to be CPR certified
- PulsePoint App
 Lecture on Genetics and Complex Diseases
- Interested in diseases and how they affect the body
- Learned a few interesting points in genetics research
 EDUCATIONAL PLAN

 Personal Aspiration- to receive a Research Doctoral Degree and work in cancer

research (treatment & quality of life)
 Potential Opportunities- work for a hospital that pays for furthering education
 Short-term Goals- take classes to become oncology and chemotherapy certified
 Long-term Goals- receive a masters degree, Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist
 TIMELINE
Present- 3-5 6-10
2 Years Years Years
• Get hired in a • Work as Charge • Obtain Research
pediatric oncology Nurse Doctoral Degree
unit • Obtain Masters and work in
• Become oncology Degree as cancer research
and chemotherapy Oncology Clinical
certified Nurse Specialist
 REFERENCES

 Fey, T. (2011). Bossypants. New York: Little Stranger Inc.

 Kreitzer, M.J. & Koithan, M. (2014). Integrative nursing (Eds.). New York: Oxford Press.