N 479 Professional Development Grid/Plan

Name: Katelyn Tamaray

In 3-5 years I see myself. Working on a medical-surgical unit and applying for nurse practitioner school.
Area

Strengths

Direct
Patient Care
Leadership

-Clear communication skills

-Able to build a rapport with
patients
-Listening skills

Unit Related
Leadership

-Able to work with others

-Flexible
-Open-minded

Weakness/ Opportunity for

Improvement
-Delegation
-Confidence
-Time Management

Short term goals/ strategies

Present-2years
-Complete orientation/residency
program
-Gain confidence
-Look into certifications

Long term goals/ strategies

3-5 years
-Apply to the DNP program to
become a Family nurse practitioner
-Be able to follow and provide
continuous care to patients

-Delegation
-Experience

-Become familiar with the unit

-Develop leadership skills through
classes
-Shadow a charge nurse

-Look into certifications to become

a charge nurse (BC)
-Become a preceptor for new grads
or nursing students

-Graduate
-Get hired
-Join a new grad or residency
program at my hospital
-Join the AZ ANA

-Look into certifications such as

certified medical-surgical
registered nurse (CMSRN)
-Apply to the DNP program

-Look into certifications and

specialties such as CMSRN or BC
-Attend conferences
-Continue to be certified in BLS &
ACLS

-Apply for the DNP program to

become a FNP

Professional
Nursing
Development:
Organizations,
Journals/
Certifications
N 479
Book Selection
(based on
strengths and
weaknesses)
Leadership
Shadowing
Experience
Professional
Activity/
Community
Service
Education:
Cont. Nrsg.
Educ. and/or
plans for
Higher Educ.

-Offers advice regarding

nursing school, interviews, and
becoming a confident nurse
-Explains to the reader that
every new nurse has the same
fears
-Talks about personal
experiences
-Able to learn responsibilities
of a charge nurse
-Able to get to know the unit
from a different perspective
-Became certified in ACLS
-Enriched my knowledge in
regards to cardiopulmonary
resuscitation as well as how to
treat arrhythmias and arrests.
-Enhance knowledge
-Able to work on a unit or
population that I am interested
or passionate about.
-Able to make more of an
impact in direct patient care

Date: December 7, 2015

-Spoke about her personal struggles

with delegating to PCTs that have
worked on her unit longer than her
-The author had a fear of speaking
with doctors and gave her tips on
how to communicate.
-It was only 8 hours I missed a
meeting that was held after my 8
hours.
-Experience was conducted on
somewhat a slow night
-ACLS certificate cannot replace a
CPR certificate.

-Cost
-Time-consuming
-School mind-set needed