Professional Development

Plan
Michelle Splaver
University of Arizona College of Nursing
12/08/2015

Direct Patient Care Abilities

Strengths:
Organized, thorough,
hardworking, honest,
people person,
committed
Weaknesses:
Time management,
second guessing,
flustered quickly,
physician
communication

Short term goals:

Become confident in nursing skills
Learn techniques to relax
Become confident communicating with
physicians
Long term goals:
Leave work at work
Critically think about my patient
Respectfully approach physicians about
differences in opinion

Unit Leadership Abilities

Strengths:
Take initiative, offer
help, accept tasks, clear
communication
Weaknesses:
Delegation, physician
communication, rely on
unit staff, afraid to ask
questions

Short term goals:

Become confident orienting to the unit
Develop professional relationships with
employees
Become confident asking questions
Long term goals:
Volunteer to become a preceptor
Choose a mentor on the unit and develop
a professional relationship
Become a charge nurse

Professional Development
Short term goals:
Become more involved
with Sigma Theta Tau
Become ACLS certified
Read more evidence based
nursing books, journals,
case studies and articles to
enhance my nursing
development

Long term goals:

Become a certified Doula

Perform self-directed
research on a topic that
interests me throughout my
first few years as a nurse
Become a member of a
committee at my hospital

Management/Leadership Book
Strengths:

Weaknesses:

Uses humor

Unprofessional and inappropriate

Sexism is irrelevant

Too much emphasis on being funny

Balance career, family,

friends, and personal time

Only a few chapters about leadership

What you learn from life

experiences helps shape your
role as a leader
No matter the problem a
leader must be part of the
solution

Dont care attitude

How it benefits professional growth:
Empower being a woman, hard work and
dedication pay off, find solutions, make
statements, dont overthink, there no
mistakes and only opportunities, life balance
is important

Leadership Shadowing Experience

How did it enhance knowledge of the position?
Global picture of the hospital
All units are supported
Bedding to patient ratio, responds to rapid response and code blues
Very calm and collected
Critical thinking skills and ability to think ahead

Professional Activity
How did it enhance knowledge?
EKG rhythms
Code algorithms
Medication and medication doses
Communication skills
Delegation techniques
CPR and defibulator use
Advanced airways
Maintaining composition

Education Plan
Aspirations:
Become a family nurse
practitioner
Opportunities:
Become a charge nurse
Become a preceptor
Get a mentor
Take continuing education and
professional development
workshops

Short term goals:

Graduate nursing school
Make time in my schedule to
attend a continuing education
classes
Attend professional
development workshops
Long term goals:
Go back to school by 2020 to
become a Family Nurse
Practitioner

Visual Timeline

Present-2 years
Graduate
Pass NCLEX
Become an L&D nurse
Become confident in
nursing care

2-3 Years
Become an L&D
Charge Nurse
Become a preceptor
Gain a mentor
Become a certified
Doula

3-5 Years
Apply and be
accepted into a
Family Nurse
Practitioner
program

References
Fey, T. (2011). Bossypants. New York: Reagan Arthur Books