N 479 Professional Development Grid/Plan

Name: _____Macy Dailey_______________________________

In 3-5 years I see myself..

As a Flight Nurse in Southern Arizona

Area

Strengths

Direct
Patient Care
Leadership

-Communication
-Empathy
-Active Listening
-Innate sense of care for people

Weakness/ Opportunity for

Improvement
-Improve resourcefulness
-Increase experience and knowledge
to provide patients with more
comprehensive care plan

Unit Related
Leadership

-Passionate about unit and team

members
-Effective communication
amongst coworkers

-New graduate, lack of experience

-Lack of knowledge and experience
regarding unit protocol and
management policies

Professional
Nursing
Development:
Organizations,
Journals/
Certifications

-ACLS, PALS, BLS, CPI blue

card
-CEU in Trauma and Acute
Care
-Shadowing and volunteer
experience with flight crew
-Border health through MexZona
-Revealed ways to improve
communication at work to
reduce stress and improve
mood and efficiency
-Encouraged me to want to
have a better day at work and
help others to have a better day
as well
-Role of Charge RN in VA ER
-Increased awareness of
management at VA ER and
importance of staffing

-Lack of leadership in organizations

-Lack of variety

-Improved knowledge and

ability to draw blood through
straight stick procedures
-Increased knowledge
regarding appropriate lab
draws, techniques, and ways to

-Course only discussed straight sticks

not central line, arterial, peripheral or
other lines that may be utilized for
drawing blood.

N 479
Book Selection
(based on
strengths and
weaknesses)
Leadership
Shadowing
Experience

Professional
Activity/
Community
Service

Date: 04/26/2016

Short term goals/ strategies

Present-2years
-Gain experience and time working
-Observe experienced nurses and
physicians when communicating
with patients
-Continue personal education
through research
-Join committees and teams among
ER nurses and TMC faculty to
improve knowledge and awareness
-Shadow flight crews and volunteer
with different bases
-Increase involvement in leadership
role through volunteer work and
organizations
-Continue networking skills and
educational credits

Long term goals/ strategies

3-5 years
-Charge RN or Nurse Manager
-Applications to flight nursing

-Largely created for individuals that

may work in an office with the same
people every day for 40 hours per
week.
-Unnecessarily lengthy

-Keep a daily journal reflecting on

my emotions experienced
throughout the day at work.
-Request feedback from coworkers
and manager on ways I can work
and communicate better

-Do not let unnecessary stress get

to me and easily communicate with
physicians and fellow nurses or
paramedics
-Assist others in feeling stress free
and improving their ability to
communicate.

-Lack of organization among staff

-Lack of motivation and culture unit
wide

-Continually shadow leaders

including managers, directors, and
doctors
-Increase skill set to assist with
more procedures and managerial
work
-Work with multiple tools and
techniques to draw blood
-Shadow phlebotomy and laboratory
technicians to increase
understanding of lab draws and
result interpretation.

-Charge RN in ER
-Have nursing students request to
shadow me

-Charge RN and rapid response RN

-Cross-train in Pediatric ED
-Shift leader or manager for flight
crew.
-Teach continuing education
credits and run booths at national
conferences related to ER and
Trauma Nursing
-Participate in hiring process of
Flight Nurses

-Become certified in placement of

central lines and ultrasound usage
to find veins.
-Take additional phlebotomy
courses to understand better
venous and arterial lines within the

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

draw labwork
-Passionate about increasing
knowledge
-No student loans and savings
started for future return to
school

-Lack of desire to return immediately

-Unsure of what program to attend
and what I would like to go for when
I return to school

-Achieve certification as a CFRN

and CCRN, along with NALS.
-Determine what I would like to go
back to school for

body.
-Return to school
-Continue volunteering and
education credits.