Professional

Development
P. B.
THE
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
DECEMBER 8, 2015

Direct Patient Care

Abilities
Personal strengths:

Compassionate

Caring

Flexibility

Sense of Humor
Opportunities for Improvement:

Delegation

Skills refinement

Direct Patient Care

Abilities
Short Term Goals:Present-2 years

Mastering my delegation skills

with the help of my preceptor or mentor

Work on mastering my skills through new

graduate programs while seeking assistance
from my preceptor

Long Term Goals:3-5 years

Utilizing my delegation
abilities to work in a charge
nurse position

participate in both in-service

training and seminars to
continue developing my
skills

Unit Related Leadership

Abilities
Personal Strengths:

Teamwork

Communication

Opportunities for Improvement

Time Management
Knowing and utilizing my resources (chain of command)

Unit Related Leadership

Abilities
Short Term Goals:Present-2 years

Long Term Goals:3-5 years

Master various leadership skills

opportunities through continuing
education training offered on the
unit about time management

Take on a charge nurse duties by

applying for a charge nurse
position within 3-5years of my
professional career

Research and utilize resources

readily available, hospital policies
and procedures to manage patient
care and work effectively as a
team leader.

Be actively involved at the

hospital and on my unit to help
me know and utilize my
resources

Professional
Development
Short Term Goals: Present-2years

Join the National Association of

Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON)

Subscribe to the bi-monthly

Orthopaedic journal

Long Term Goals: 3-5 years

Get my Orthopaedic nurse

certification by taking the
boards exam (ONCB)

Join the International

Collaboration of Orthopaedic
Nursing (ICON)

The Everything New Nurse

Book By Kathy Quan RN, BSN,
PHN
Compliments Strengths:

Teamwork

Putting yourself in the patient shoe

Professional Growth:

Advice on every situation imaginable

I might encounter during my career as a nurse

Teaches realistic methods of interacting with doctors

and avoiding burnout
(Quann,2011)

Leadership Shadowing
Experience
Efren Reyes, RN, CRRN

Knowledge Enhancement:

Increased understanding of the roles and skills performed as a charge nurse

. Leadership Skills
. Managerial duties
. Conflict Resolution

Obtained professional insight into becoming an experience Rehab nurse

. CRRN (Certified Rehabilitation Nurse)

Professional Activity
Integrative Nursing in Action (Real-life applications for patient care)

Knowledge Enhancement:

Expanded my symptom management toolkit for patients with acute and

chronic conditions in clinical and community-based settings

Learned how to use music, acupressure and reiki to reduce distress

associated with common symptoms encountered by nurses

Increased my confidence in providing quality care in all areas of my nursing

career

Higher Education Plan

Personal Aspirations:

Potential Opportunities:

Desire to get advance education in

Nursing ( BSN-DNP)

Volunteer with the American

Red Cross organization

Become a mentor/preceptor for

new graduate students

Serve on the World Health

Organization board (Who)

Short Term Goals:Present-2 years

Long Term Goals:3-5 years

Graduate with my BSN

Obtain my ONC certification

Pass the NCLEX

Obtain a job on the Orthopaedic

unit

Begin preparing for DNP

degree

Timeline
Timeline
MARCH 2017:
Become a
member of NAON

DECEMBER 2018
:
Become Certified
Orthopaedic nurse

FEBUARY 2016:
Graduate and
Pass NCLEX
MARCH 2016:
obtain a job as an
Orthopaedic nurse

DECEMBER
2017:
Become a charge
nurse

AUGUST 2020:
Begin ONP/DNP Program

References

Quan, K. (2011). The everything new nurse book ( 2nd ed.). Avon, MA: F+W Media, Inc.