N 479 Professional Development Grid/Plan

Name: ___Janelle Westbrook__________

Date: 04/06/2016

In 3-5 years I see myself..continuing my education in order to become a Family Nurse Practitioner, likely through the University of Arizonas BSN to
DNP program. I plan to be working as a floor nurse in an ICU while I complete my schooling.
Area

Strengths

Direct
Patient Care
Leadership

- Patient advocacy.
-Empathy for patients and their
family.

Weakness/ Opportunity for

Improvement
-Time management
-Self confidence in performing new
skills

Unit Related
Leadership

-Willingness to help others.

-Effective listener.

-Reluctance to take a leadership

position without prompting.

Prof. Nursing
Development:
Organizations,
Journals/
Certifications
-Suggestions for actions are
broken down into one to two
sentence summaries. (Ex.
Become genuinely interested
in other people.)
-Suggestions are applicable in
all settings of life, including at
work and outside of it.

-The book focuses on talking to peers

in a social context, not necessarily
from a position of leadership.
-The suggestions are about making
people like you rather than how to
get them to listen to your authority.

Leadership
Shadowing
Experience:
Charge RN on
Trauma PCU

-Learned about aspects of

nursing that are not otherwise
taught in clinical, especially
paperwork.

-The shift was slow, so there was a

lot of down time.

Professional
Activity/
Community
Service

-Learned about techniques that

will be useful in a setting such
as the ICU where patients have
severe injuries that may affect
me psychologically.
-Motivation to continue
education.
-Prior success in education
(high GPA, honors for BSN)

-The training was aimed at first

responders such as police and EMTs,
so some of the information is less
applicable to nursing practice.

N 479
Book Selection:
How to Win
Friends and
Influence
People

Education:
Cont. Nrsg.
Educ./plans for
Higher Educ.

-Conflicts with personal life events,

such as finances and possible
relocation, during the time period
that I would go back to school

Short term goals/ strategies

Present-2years
-I will improve my time
management within my first years
as a floor nurse.
-I will incorporate evidence-based
practice into my nursing care.
-Demonstrate leadership abilities by
joining a unit committee.

Long term goals/ strategies

3-5 years
- I will continue my education to
become an FNP.
-I will attend at least 1 continuing
education seminar regarding
patient care.
- Become a charge nurse

-Join Sigma Theta Tau Internatl.

- Obtain Advanced Cardiac Life
Support (ACLS) certification.
-Subscribe to a professional nursing
journal.

-Obtain CCRN certification

-Pass National Council Licensure

Examination (NCLEX).
-Obtain ACLS certification.

-Obtain FNP degree.