NURS 479 Professional Development Grid/Plan Name: _Kelsie Jo Rogers____ Date: 5/1/2017

Area Strengths Weakness/Opportunity for Short term goals/strategies Long term goals/strategies
Improvement Present-2 years 3-5 years

Direct Reliable Nursing skills (IVs, port Become proficient in unit- Move to a higher level on the clinical
access, managing multiple IV based nursing policies and ladder
Patient Care Easy to talk to tubing lines) procedures
Attend conferences with patient
Leadership Knowledgeable Balancing patient needs with Gain organization skills with population-specific developments
parent requests caring for a full patient load
Explaining procedures and
therapies

Unit Related Approachable/Friendly Asking for help when its Become trained to care for Be comfortable in the role of charge
Leadership needed bone marrow transplant nurse
Teamwork/Willing to patients
Help Be willing/comfortable to float Precept new nurses on the unit
to other units to help Join unit-based committees to
benefit the patients on the unit Become a role model/mentor for
other employees
Professional Chemotherapy Administration Obtain Certified Pediatric
Nursing Certification Hematology/Oncology Nurse
Development: (CPHON) certification
Organizations, Pediatric Advanced Life
Support (PALS) certification
Journals/
Subscribe to the Journal of
Certifications Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology
Nursing (JOPON)
NURS 479 Open-minded Comfort in transitioning roles
Book selection on the same unit
Accepting of new things
(based on your Knowing mistakes happen and
strengths and Aware of the difference how to handle them when they
weaknesses) made in patients lives do
Know that there will be bad
 days, but it will get easier
Leadership Calm under pressure Can improve on confidence
Shadowing
Experience Multitasking Improve on leadership skills
Helpful Learn I cant make everyone
happy
Professional Postpartum Depression Became more knowledgeable
Activity/ Coalition Meeting about causes, symptoms, and
Community mental health needs of possible treatment of PPD
Service patients, observation skills
Beads of Courage
support for children Gained knowledge about the
battling serious illness, importance of a child telling
use of distraction their story in their own way

Education: Knowledge about the Be willing to attend extra Continue to learn about the Attend the national pediatric
patients on the unit and education opportunities common chemotherapies and hematology/oncology nursing
Continuing some diagnoses and through my employer to gain biotherapies used on the unit conference
Nursing Education treatments skills and knowledge
and/or plans for Attend the preceptor class to
Higher Education Bedside manner Learn most effective time learn how to best teach new
management techniques from nurses arriving to the unit
Developed skills other nurses