Professional Development

By Katelyn Tamaray

Direct Patient Care Abilities

Strengths
Communication skills
Rapport with
patients
Listening skills
Weakness
Delegation
Confidence
Time
management

Short Term Goals

Complete
orientation/residency
program
Gain Confidence
CMSRN
Long Term Goals
DNP program

Unit Related Leadership

Strengths
Teamwork
Flexible
Open-minded
Weaknesses
Delegation
Experience

Short Term Goals

Become familiar with
unit
Develop leadership
skills
Shadow a charge nurse
Long Term Goals
RN-BC
Preceptor new
graduates or nursing
students

Professional Nursing
Development
Short Term Goals

Graduate

Get hired

Join a new grad or residency program

Join the AZ ANA

Long Term Goals

Look into certifications such as CMSRN or RN-BC

Apply to the DNP program to become a FNP

Book Selection
Becoming
Nursey
Speaks about how to
tackle the first year of
being a new RN
Offers advice
New nurses experience
the same fears
Personal Experiences

Leadership Shadowing Experience

Charge Nurse

Why?

This is a position that I am interested in.

I wanted to learn about the responsibilities of a charge

nurse.

What did you learn?

Leadership skills
Management skills

Patient care skills

Professional Activity
ACLS
Why?

To become ACLS certified.

To enhance my knowledge in cardiopulmonary resuscitation

as well as how to treat arrhythmias and arrests.

What did you learn?

I renewed my knowledge in cardiopulmonary resuscitation

I learned how to treat and read EKG arrhythmias and arrests

Continuing Education
Personal Aspirations
Become a preceptor or
mentor to new RNs or
nursing students
Become a FNP
Potential Opportunities
Make a positive impact
on new RNs
Be able to have my own
set of patients that I can
provide continuous care
to.

Short Term Goals

Certifications such as
CMSRN or BC
Attend conferences or
continuing education
classes
Stay up to date on
current certificates
Long Term Goals
DNP Program
Become a mentor or
preceptor

Timelin
e
Graduat Get
aj
ob
e

2015

Precept &
Mentor
Orient to
floor

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2017
Gain
experience
and
confidence

Hold a leadership
position or RN-BC

Develop
leadership
skills

Certificatio
n CMSRN

Apply to a
DNP program

References
Kleber, K. (2014). Become Nursey. San Bernardino, CA: BookBaby
Publishing.