N 479 Professional Development Grid/Plan

Name: Jeremiah Palicka Date: 03/17/17

In 3-5 years, I see myself working part time as a Registered Nurse on a critical care unit while enrolled in a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist program.

Area Strengths Weakness/ Opportunity for Short term goals/ strategies Long term goals/ strategies
Improvement Present-2years 3-5 years
Direct - Genuine/compassionate - Increasing self-care/ preventing - Complete at least 3 self-care - Avoid burnout
Patient Care - Respectful burnout. activities each week (gym, etc.) -Master therapeutic
Leadership - Encouraging/ setting realistic - Effective boundaries - Practice less self-disclosure communication with patients.
expectations - Clinical skills and critical thinking -Partake in clinical opportunities/ - Take at least 10 credits of cont.
use evidence-based practice education each year
Unit Related - Excellent interdisciplinary - Increase delegation skills - Become proficient at delegating - Effectively delegate workload to
Leadership communication skills. tasks to nursing assistants. floor nurses.
- Team player - Organizational skills - Develop a personalized - As charge nurse, identify
- Dedicated organizational system for shift organizational techniques for floor
report. nurses to improve delivery of care.
Professional - Get a job in an ICU - Obtain my Certified Critical Care
Nursing - Obtain my ACLS Nurse (CCRN) certificate.
Development: - Shadow a CRNA and DNP while - Become enrolled in a credible
Organizations, working as a RN. CRNA program or DNP program
Journals/ - Become involved in Sigma Theta
Certifications Tau
- Compliments my strengths - Focuses on the importance of
N 479 when using interdisciplinary developing a strong set of job-
Book Selection communication. specific skills which I want to work
(based on - Compliments my personal on.
strengths and characteristics that a good - Highlights the necessity of
weaknesses) leader possesses. appropriate delegation at the
workplace and necessary steps.

Leadership - Importance of setting and - Highlighted the discrepancies and

Shadowing accomplishing long term goals. levels of assumed prestige between
Experience - Proficient communication in professions.
all healthcare settings. - Naturally accept this stratification
Professional - Create positive work - Overly competitive at times
Activity/ atmosphere - Learn when to say, Im not
Community - Work well as part of an sure
Service interdisciplinary team. - Consulting other professions to
- Communication skills ensure understanding.
Education: - Ethical - Take initiate sooner without any - Acquire specialized training. - Enroll in an accredited CRNA
Cont. Nrsg. - Lifelong learner with desire procrastination. - Obtain my CCRN certificate. program.
Educ. and/or for self-improvement. - Not always good at appreciating - Use current evidence based - After shadowing, if I dont like
plans for - Avoid stagnation. accomplishments and what Ive practice. the CRNA profession, pursue DNP.
Higher Educ. achieved thus far.