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Direct Patient Care Abilities

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Short-term (Present 2 years):

Strengths:
Interprofessional collaboration Goal: Gain confidence in knowledge
and patient advocacy.
Compassionate bedside
Strategy: Seek support from
manner
experienced nurses.

Opportunities for Improvement: Long-term (3 5 years):

Delegation
Goal: Improve delegation skills.
Time Management
Strategy: Practice delegating to tech
and other nurses on unit as necessary.

Devyn Weber

Unit Leadership Abilities

Strengths:
Flexibility and adaptability
Professional and outgoing
personalities

Short-term (Present 2 years):

Goal: Gain delegation and
leadership experience.
Strategy: Shadow a charge nurse
before working as one.

Opportunities for Improvement: Long-term (3 5 years):

Lack of confidence when
Goal: Frequently and effectively
reporting to Physicians
work as a charge nurse.
Prioritizing personal
Strategy: Lead with the best interest
responsibilities
of the entire nursing team in mind.

Leadership Book
How did the book compliment your strengths and/or areas
of needed improvement?
Easily relatable and discussed common thoughts/concerns of
new nurses.
Provided in-depth explanations and justifications for advice.

Professional Development
Short-term (Present 2 years):
Goals:
CCRN Certification

Long-term (3 5 years):
Goals:
TNCC and ATCN Certifications

Strategy:
Begin studying a year prior to
taking the exam. Take and pass
the certification exam.

Strategy:
Begin studying a year prior to
taking the exams. Take and pass
the certification exams.

Leadership Shadowing Experience

How is the book beneficial to you in your professional

development?
Provides endless advice and specific guidance for various
expected feelings and emotions that will arise as a new
nurse.
Easy to read and extremely real and reliable.

Observed:
Role of the Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner in
the Acute Care setting
Purpose of Palliative Care
Knowledge Gained:
Role of the Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner in
the Acute Care setting
How to have a blunt, need to be said
conversation with a family in a caring and
compassionate manner.
Acknowledging the sole responsibility of being
the patients advocate and nothing else.

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Professional Activity

College of Nursing 2015 Leadership Intensive

Knowledge Gained: How to take inevitable change and transform it into a rich opportunity
for professional development and growth.

Mass Casualty Care Class

BSN Student Representative for CISC-EPA and Alumni Council

Knowledge Gained: Advanced trauma care for mass casualty situations that would require
quick and effective emergency response.
Knowledge Gained: Interprofessional collaboration and teamwork with my superiors and
peers that led to information synthesis and creation of productive ideas.

Former Treasurer of the student-run nursing club titled SNUA

Knowledge Gained: Reliability and trustworthiness regarding the responsibility of managing

club funds and expenses.

Professional Goals Timeline

Continuing Education Plan

Professional Aspirations:
RN Licensure
CCRN, TNCC, and ATCN
Certifications
BSN to DNP Program

Short-term (Present 2 years):

Goals:
Pass NCLEX, CCRN Certification
Strategy:
Kaplan NCLEX Review Course and studying
for CCRN Certification
Long-term (3 5 years):
Goals:
TNCC and ATCN Certifications
Begin BSN to DNP Program
Strategy:
Study, take, and pass respective exams.
Apply to, enroll in, and begin DNP Program.

References
Cardillo, D.W. (2010). Your 1st year as a nurse: Making the transition from total novice
to successful professional. (2nd Ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press.