N 479 Professional Development Grid/Plan

Name: Liuying Wang

In 3-5 years I see myself as a charge RN with chemo certification
Area
Direct
Patient Care
Leadership

Strengths

Unit Related
Leadership

Show empathy
towards patients.
Maintain
professional
boundaries.
Compassionate

Good professional
relationship with the
staff.
Open communication
with the staff.
Willing to help other
staff

Date: April 30th, 2016

Weakness/ Opportunity for

Improvement
Self confidence
Time management
Prioritization

Goal #2: Improve organizational

skills.
Strategy: develop personalized
organizational sheet.

Delegation.
Shyness.

Goal #1: become a charge nurse

Strategy: shadow a charge RN;
take continuing education to
become a charge RN.
Goal #2: Become a nurse educator
on the unit
Strategy: take continuing
education to qualify as nurse
educator

Professional
Nursing
Development:
Organizations,
Journals/
Certifications

N 479
Book Selection
(based on

Short term goals/ strategies

Present-2years
Goal #1: improve self-confidence.
Strategy: reflect on self after each
shift.

Goal #1: ACLS certificate

Strategy: Continuing education
Goal #2: Become a member and a
volunteer at the Red Cross
Association
Strategy: Join the Red Cross
Association and participate in
volunteer activities in order to
maintain the status as a Red
Cross Volunteer.

Relationship with
coworkers
Stress Management
Coping

Professional growth
Organization
Communication with the
doctors

Long term goals/ strategies

3-5 years
Goal #1: improve time
management skills
Strategy: develop a timetable for
hourly tasks.
Goal #2: learn to prioritize
better
Strategy: classify patients using
the acuity score; classify tasks
based on the time spent and
complexity.
Goal #1: Unit nurse manager
Strategy: continuing education;
shadow a nurse manager
Goal #2: Become a preceptor for
the nursing students/new grad
RNs
Strategy: maintain up to date
evidence based skills; inform the
unit nurse manager about the
goal, and search for possible
opportunities.
Goal #1: Become a member of
the fall prevention committee at
the facility.
Strategy: Join the committee;
research on best current
evidence based practice
Goal #2: Certified to provide
chemotherapy treatment
Strategy: Participate in
continuing education and receive
certificate to delivery
chemotherapy treatment.

strengths and
weaknesses)
Leadership
Shadowing
Experience

Professional
Activity/
Community
Service

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

Professional
relationship with the
staff.
Willingness to help.
Collaborations with
different
professionals.
Learnt about signs of
stress and burn out.
Learnt alternative
approaches to
manage stress.
Better understanding
of healthcare
professionals

Feelings of success
Make family proud

Charge nurse is a stressful

role.
Charge nurse has lots of
responsibilities.
Charge nurse need to
know how to multi-task
and prioritize.
Some of the ways taught in
class were already known.

More responsibilities
Limited time
School tuition

Goal #1: Pass NCLEX

Strategy: Complete Kaplan class
Goal #2: ACLS certification
Strategy: Take continuing
education to become ACLS
certified.

Goal #1: Become Chemotherapy

certified.
Strategy: Join and meet the
requirements for tuition
reimbursement opportunities
offered at the facility
Goal #2: BSN to MSN
Strategy: Join and meet the
requirements for tuition
reimbursement opportunities
offered at the facility