NURS 479 Professional Development Grid/Plan

Area

Strengths

Direct

-Patient advocacy

Patient Care

-Therapeutic
communication

Leadership

-Quality care under

time pressure

Unit Related
Leadership

-Teamwork
-Critical thinking
-Passion for nursing
profession

Weakness/Opportunity for
Improvement

Short term goals/strategies

Present-2 years

Long term goals/strategies

3-5 years

-Interpretation of lab
values

-Pass NCLEX-RN
examination

-Confidence in nursing
care

-Obtain position in new

graduate residency
program

-Join Navy active duty or

reserves as registered nurse

-Delegation to assistive
nursing personnel

-Begin working in
emergency department

-Precept new graduate nurses

-Knowledge of facility- and

unit-specific procedures
and policies

-Function as a charge
nurse

Journals/
Certifications

-Encouraged me to fully
understand the workplace
and to shape my nursing
care with what the unit
exhibits

-Constantly improve evidencebased care from conferences

and personal research
-Become traveling nurse

-Participate in qualityimprovement activities on

nursing unit

-Serve on nursing-related
committees

-Act as an effective leader and

source of knowledge for nursing
unit

-Publish portion of honors

thesis

-Obtain Certified Emergency

Nurse certification

-Present research at
International Integrative
Nursing Symposium

-Subscribe to American Nurses

Association Journal

-Obtain Advanced Cardiac

Life Support (ACLS)
certification
-Reminded me that I
have the education
and skills to make a
great, compassionate,
and effective nurse

Date: 12/3/16

-Graduate with Bachelor

of Science in Nursing

Professional
Nursing
Development:
Organizations,

(based on your
strengths and
weaknesses)

Sarah Naves

-Limited nursing
experience

-Inter-professional
collaboration

NURS 479
Book selection

Name:

-Introduce evidence-based
recommendations to nursing
unit

-Taught me that my
teamwork,
collaboration, and
communication skills
will come in handy, as
these are necessary to
establish rapport with
physicians and other
staff
-Reminded me that my
passion and drive to
be the best nurse
possible will benefit
me and my patients
Leadership
Shadowing
Experience

-Encouraged me to seek
help and knowledge from
leadership as opposed to
being intimidated by them;
taught me to use them as
an educational resource
rather than just seeing
them as my boss
-Overall, this book
increased my confidence
as a future nurse

(I shadowing the St.

Marys Emergency
Department charge
nurse)

-Improved my
assertiveness, which I
learned is necessary for
emergency nurses

-Enhanced my
understanding of
emergency
department leadership
and management

- Taught me the
importance of portraying
myself as confident in
workplace

-Showed me that
charge nurses have
organization, effective
communication,
teamwork,
professionalism,
critical thinking, quick
decision-making, and
understandingall
traits I feel that I
exude
-Taught me that I could
effectively function as

-Strengthened my
communication skills with
physician

charge nurse if given

the opportunity
Professional
Activity/ Community
Service

(I attended a postpartum depression

conference, an IPEP
activity about polypharmacy, and a
crafting session for
Diamond Childrens
Hospital patients)
-Further strengthened
my desire and passion
for education

-Developed my relations
with and understanding of
other disciplines
-Improved my
communication techniques
with the elderly
-Increased my knowledge
of poly-pharmacy
problems, particularly
among the elderly

-Exemplified my
compassion for
pediatric patients
-Reinforced my drive
to bring group
members together to
function as a unit
Education:
Continuing Nursing
Education and/or
plans for Higher
Education

-Critical thinking,
specifically searching
to answer why

-Lack of financial means to

pursue higher education

-Passion for constantly

expanding knowledge

-Other professional goals

take precedence over
pursuing advanced degree

-Appreciation for
emerging research to
better nursing practice

-Lack of motivation to
pursue higher education at
this time

-Attend International
Integrative Nursing
Symposium
-Participate in continuing
education courses
pertinent to emergency
nursing
-Continue personal
research on emerging
evidence-based
recommendations

-Consider beginning an
advanced practice degree in
nursing (PhD, DNP, or dual
PhD/DNP program)
-Attend yearly conferences on
the improvement of nursing care
-Find workplace that will help
financially support higher
education