Professional

Strategies
Audrey Goh

Direct Patient Care Leadership

Strengths:
Delegation recognition
Patient autonomy
Timeliness
Willingness to serve
Compassion

Weaknesses
Taking initiative
Confidence
Knowledge

Short- term goals and strategies

Review
Read evidence based articles/journals
Take more opportunities to lead
Work in New Grad Residency program
Form relationships

Long-term goals and strategies

Continue subscribing to and reading evidence
based journals
Work as Charge Nurse
Be established core staff within hospital

Unit Related Leadership

Strengths:
Recognizing scope
Recognizing when other staff members need
help
Willingness to help and serve
Time management
Good with compromising and accepting
constructive criticism
Well-tempered

Weaknesses
Not likely to speak up
Lack of confidence
Weak knowledge base
Lack of experience
May not want to ask for help
Overthinker

Short- term goals and strategies

Gain experience
Familiarize self with unit, unit protocols,
culture, and staff
Talk with Nurse Manager
Frequently review information specific to unit
(ex: cardiacreview EKGs, evidence on
heart health, etc.)

Long-term goals and strategies

Work as Nurse Manager
Be established as core staff on unit
Mentor newer nurses or new grads on unit

Professional Nursing Development

Short- term goals and strategies
Subscribe to multiple evidence based journals
Become ACLS certified
Attend conferences or workshops

Long-term goals and strategies

Help integrate knowledge
Work on unit based committee
Become CCRN certified

Book Selection
Strengths:
Self-reflection
Thinking through emotions/actions
Recognizing internal locus of control for emotions
Not blaming others for making me feel

Weaknesses
Dwelling on how others consider me
Feeling like others should have known better than to behave as
they did
Setting mental rules for others to behave by and feeling unhappy
when they do not follow it
Allowing feelings of discontentment towards others affect my
performance

Leadership Shadowing Experience

Strengths:
Noticing areas for improvement and addressing them
Organization and creativity
Calculating costs and numbers
Listening to patients

Weaknesses
Speaking up/presenting at interdisciplinary meetings
Confronting staff members
Making assumptions
Investigating budget deficits
Maintaining budgets/finding ways to stay within budget
Providing resolution for patients after listening to comments/complaints

Professional Activity/Community
Service
Strengths:
Working with a team
Work efficiently and consistently
Being efficient with multiple skills
Able to have fun and get work done

Weaknesses
Being enthusiastic with people I do not know as well
Being patient listening to instructions
Not feeling frustrated when one member messes up and slows the entire process
Overly competitive

Education
Strengths:
Know myself
Not driven by money
Open to different areas and continuing
education
Good at handling academic stress

Weaknesses
No present desire to continue education
Cultural pressures to continue education
Unsure which area to focus on
Insecure about taking on more responsibilities
and leadership

Short- term goals and strategies

Study for and pass the NCLEX
Become ACLS certified
Look into additional certifications

Long-term goals and strategies

Complete Masters program
Work as Charge Nurse or Nurse Manager
Become CCRN certified

Professional Goals
Timeline

References
Cornwall, M. (2010). Go suck a lemon: Strategies for improving your emotional
intelligence. Shelbyville, KY: Minihead Jungle Pants, LLC.

Thank you
for
listening!