Jaclyn Hirohama

NURS362 3/6/15
Professional Development Plan Template & Guidelines
Goal Statement: To provide skills, experience, and knowledge as a professional nurse to provide competent, quality, holistic, patient-centered care
in a variety of healthcare settings and specialties.

Elements
Objective(s): Describe what
you want to accomplish in
your first two years in
practice.

Clinical Practice
Completion of NURS360 &
NURS362
Graduate from an accredited RN
nursing program in Spring 2015
Obtain acute care experience as
a nurse aide in an acute care
facility within 6 months of
graduation, as appropriate.

Leadership

Professional Development

Select and observe one

role model in the clinical
setting role.

Attend and graduate from

University of Hawaii Hilos RNto-BSN program.

Attend conferences and

seminars to advance
continuing education.

Take and pass the NCLEX-RN

exam within 1-2 months of
nursing program graduation.

Participate in community
events and fairs.

Join a professional nursing

organization.

Obtain employment as an RN as
part of a new RN graduate
program in medical-surgical
nursing in 9-12 months

Subscribe to a professional
nursing journal.

Expand clinical practice skills by

getting certified in advance
training courses.
Plans/Strategies: Describe
the actions that you will take
to achieve your objective.

Apply for Spring 2015

graduation by March 15.
Apply for Nurse Aide positions in
an acute care facility to gain
experience.
Apply for new RN graduate
programs in acute care facilities
within 6 months of graduating.
Research and apply for
advanced training courses (i.e.

Pick a RN or charge
nurse in the clinical
setting (Kuakini Hospital)
to shadow and be
proactive in learning from
them.
Be aware and attend
healthcare conferences
being provided in the
community or at
healthcare facilities.

Apply to University of Hawaii

Hilos RN-to-BSN program for
Fall 2015.
Take University of Hawaii Hilos
pre-requisite courses in the
Summer 2015.
Apply for NCLEX-RN exam
online by May 20.
Research and choose a
professional nursing

PALS, ACLS, EKG monitoring

classes, etc.)

Read continuing
education articles on
online resources (i.e.
MedScape).
Look for opportunities to
volunteer in the
community.

Strengths: Describe the

strong points about yourself
that make you such a great
nurse.

Determination determination
helps me to keep working hard
and learning more about
nursing interventions and
patient conditions. It also helps
me to keep pursuing through
difficult times.
Work ethic my work ethic has
grown to be one with dedication
and perseverance. When I am
working on something, I am
determined to do the best job
possible and be as efficient and
effective as possible.
Compassion compassion
helps me to be a great nurse
because it allows me to
understand the patients
feelings and to provide patientcentered care.
Life experience life
experiences has helped me to
understand that difficulty of a
patients condition and how
stressful it can be for the patient
and the family. It allows me to
be able to work care around the
familys needs and concerns.
Eagerness to learn eagerness
to learn has helped me to be
the best student nurse because
it helps me to learn as much as
possible from every situation. I

Confidence confidence
in my knowledge and
experiences.
Leadership experience
leadership experience in
the work and community
environments.
Delegation delegation
through my experiences
in work and church
activities. The ability to
delegate and plan
different activities based
on priorities and
deadlines.
Organized organization
helps to be a great nurse
because things have to
be precise and accurate
when providing reports
and caring for patients.

organization related to interests

and intended specialty.
Research and choose a
professional nursing journal to
subscribe to.

Readiness to learn readiness

to learn helps me because it
allows me to always remember
that theres something to learn
from every situation.
Team-based oriented
teamwork and team thinking
helps me to work together in
groups and alongside
classmates to help provide the
best care possible.
Committed commitment allows
me to stay focused on the task
and to continue to persevere
through difficult times.

Skills/competencies: Describe
the skills and competencies
you bring to the role.

try to find a learning moment in

each situation I encounter in the
clinical field.
Many of my experiences in the
healthcare setting have been
through the ADN nursing
program.
I have been able to learn a
variety of skills essential to the
RN role; including medication
administration, focused
charting, documentation,
intravenous assessments and
care, wound care, injections,
physical assessments, etc. I
have also had a chance to float
around an acute care unit in a
role resembling a charge
nurse checking on
classmates patients, receiving
report, and assisting with writing
focused charting.
Patient-centered care I have
been able to really understand
and value patient-centered care
through personal experiences in
the healthcare field. I have been
able to incorporate the patient
and patients family into the
care of the patient and to
promote independence and
ownership in their care.

Areas targeted for growth:

From your own self
assessment, describe what

Multiple patient management I

would like to strengthen my
abilities to care for multiple

Participation in nursing
faculty meetings as a
student representative for
the LCC cohort.
Participation in online
continuing education (i.e.
Medscape)

Nurse aide training (2012)

ADN (RN) training (2013-2015)
CPR/BLS HCP certified

Leadership experience in
the community I have
been a part of a church
community for the last 14
years. Through these 14
years, I have gained
experience in leading
activities, group
discussions, planning
events, and working with
other organizations and
their leaders
Leadership experience in
the workplace I have
worked as a newspaper
carrier and distributor
since 2007. In 2009, I
was promoted to a route
manager position. In this
position, I have gained
experience in managing
about 10-15 employees
within the district and
managing customer
service and complaints.
Delegation I would like
to strengthen my abilties
to delegate different

Degree completion complete

AND program; in one year,
complete RN-to-BSN program.

areas in yourself that you

would like to strengthen.

patients in one shift. I hope to

use my clinical experience in
NURS360 to achieve this goal.
Time management I would like
to strengthen my time
management skills in order to
provide quality care to my
patients in a timely manner, in
order to reduce unnecessary
anxiety. I hope to achieve this
goal by actively practicing this
in my daily activities, especially
throughout the nursing
program.

tasks. I have experience

in this area, but would
like to make it a goal to
further improve this skill.
It is important for me to
improve this skill
because as an RN, I
must be able to delegate
to UAPs and LPNs.
Competency I would
also like to strengthen my
competency in the
healthcare field as a
nurse. I have spent
much of the focus during
nursing school on
pathophysiologies and
nursing interventions, but
its important to also
know the other aspects
of nursing & healthcare,
such as legal, ethical,
and facility polices that
change.

Nursing organization knowledge

learn more about different
professional nursing
organizations, especially if I
dont know what my intended
specialty is.