Professional

Development Plan
Abbey Brodeur
 Direct Patient Care
Leadership
Strengths
Passionate
Hard Worker
Critical Thinking
Professional Bedside Manner
Weaknesses
Confidence
Lack of routine/ organization
Time management
 Direct Patient Care
Leadership
Short Term Goals
Gain confidence in my nursing skills
Become more confident talking to doctors and less
intimidated by doctors
Become more organized and figure out a
personalized routine

Long Term Goals

I will take on a leadership position on the unit and
will use my critical thinking skills to strengthen the
unit.
Orient to the Intensive Care Unit and become
confident and comfortable in my environment
 Unit Related Leadership
Strengths
Approachable
Flexible
Comfortable with constructive criticism
Weaknesses
Perfectionist
Lack confidence
People pleaser
 Unit Related Leadership
Short Term Goals
Gain confidence to become an effective team leader
I will address conflict when it occurs and I will say
no when I do not have sufficient time to complete
tasks
Listen to others opinions and incorporate their ideas
into plans.

Long Term Goals

Become a charge nurse
Precept new nurses
Join an ethics committee
 Professional Nursing
Development
Short Term Goals
Graduate
To pass the NCLEX and
become an RN

Long Term Goals

Obtain CCRN
To find a specialty that
interests me and become a
Nurse Practitioner
First Year Nurse: Wisdom, Warnings,
and What I Wish Id Known My First
100 Days on the Job

Weaknesses
Organization
Communicating with
physicians
Confidence
Leadership Shadowing
Experience
Following the House
Supervisor at Northwest
Medical Center
Professional & Community
Activities
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Class
 Continuing Education/
Higher Education
Personal Aspirations Short term goals
Work as an ICU Nurse Become more
proficient in Spanish
Communicate with
patients and families Become a preceptor
using Spanish
Long Term Goals
Potential
Opportunities Go back to school to
become a nurse
Take an online practitioner
Spanish course
Time Line of Short Term
and Long Term Goals
Graduate/ Pass NCLEX

Refine/ Master Nursing Skills

Work as an ICU nurse

Take on Leadership position

DNP Program