N 479 Professional Development Grid/Plan

Name: Marissa Lizarraga

Date: 10-21-15
In 3-5 years I see myself obtaining my Masters of Science in Nursing, working in the PICU, in a Charge Nurse Position
Area

Strengths

Weakness/ Opportunity for

Improvement

Short term goals/ strategies

Present-2years

Direct
Patient Care
Leadership

- Outgoing
- Organized
- Communicative
- Work well in teams
- Creative
- Excellent listening skills
- Confidence
- Enjoy teaching students
- Seeking learning
opportunities for
professional growth
- Accepting and handling
challenging tasks

- Fear of physician interaction

- Time management in a
professional nurse setting

- Comfortable discussing
patient treatment/care with
physicians
- Increase in time
management

- Delegation to PCTs and

others of the healthcare team
- Not taking the opportunity
to seek out unit information
independently

- Become comfortable
delegating to others
- Adequately oriented to the
unit and knowing policies and
procedures

Unit Related
Leadership

Professional
Nursing
Development:
Organizations,
Journals/
Certifications
N 479
Book Selection
(based on
strengths and
weaknesses)

- Obtain PALS certification

- Join Society of Pediatric
Nurses
- Join a committee
- The Gifts of
Imperfection by Brene
Brown
- Great compassion shown
in my work in clinical
towards patients
- Being able to love others
without judgment is easy
to show in my role as
nurse
- Spirituality is a large
part of who I am and will
also be a large part in

- Discusses letting go of
anxiety as a lifestyle
- Discusses letting go of
always needing to be in
control
- Discusses letting go of
comparison
- Discusses letting go of
perfectionism and what other
people think of you
- The above traits that were
discussed in this book are
traits that I struggle with and

Long term goals/

strategies
3-5 years
- Be able to spend quality
time with patients and
families while performing
cares
- Analyzing/questioning
physician orders
appropriately
- Become charge nurse by 3
years on the unit
- Implementing/suggesting
Evidenced-Based Practice
changes to the unit
- Purchase subscription to
Journal of Pediatrics
- Actively participate in
Sigma Theta Tau
- Obtain CPN/CCRN

regards to how I take care

of patients

Leadership
Shadowing
Experience

Professional
Activity/
Community
Service

Education:
Continuing
Nursing
Education
and/or plans
for Higher
Education

- Observed charge nurse

on pediatric unit at TMC
- Obtained valuable
leadership information
that I would like to apply
in the future, in regards to
various styles and roles of
leadership
- Advanced Cardiac Life
Support Training
- Prepared and
comfortable providing
advanced life support
during a code
- Will be useful in the
critical care units and
promotes student
knowledge and growth
- Excellent time
management skills in
student role
- Organized
- Desire for professional
growth and development
- Desire to learn
- Obtain the drive to
promote quality practice

as a nurse addressing your

negative spiritual and mental
traits allows you to take care
of yourself so in turn, you can
provide optimal care for
patients; negative thoughts
and feelings can also
negatively impact your work
so addressing these traits are
important
- Learn to accept the idea that
not everyone on your unit will
like you as charge nurse

- Lack of confidence in
delegating to the team during
an advanced code situation

- Uncertainty about family

- Start looking into the MSN
reaction/support
qualification at the UofA and
- Being able to handle a full
other schools in Arizona
time work schedule with a full
time school schedule
- Fear of not gaining enough
clinical experience prior to
entering the Masters Program

- Apply to MSN programs at

the UofA and other schools
in Arizona by year 3
- Accepted into an MSN
program no later than year 4