PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT
By: Danielle Schulz
University of Arizona
Direct Patient Care Abilities
Personal Strengths
Compassionate
Critical Thinking Abilities
Hardworking
Dedicated
Opportunities for Improvement
Enhancing clinical skills
Addressing all parts of the healthcare
team, such as dietician and RT
Communicating with family members
Direct Patient Care Abilities
Short Term Goals (Present 2 years)
Pass the NCLEX!!!
Transition smoothly into the role of a Step Down RN
Develop as a nurse, finding my own ways to incorporate my core values
into my nursing practice
Adapt to new hospital and unit and feel comfortable with their policies and
procedures

Long Term Goals (3-5 years)

Gain a leadership role within my unit (Charge Nurse, etc.)
Return to school to get my Masters to become a Nurse Practitioner
Unit Leadership
Personal Strengths Opportunities for Improvement
Organized Delegating tasks to other team
Team player members
Communication/ Attentive Listener Constructive criticism
Problem solver
Unit Leadership
Short Term Goals (present- 2 years)
Create respectful and trustworthy relationships with unit staff
Look for charge nurse opportunities

Long Term Goals (3-5 years)

Mentor a new grad RN or preceptor a student nurse
Develop ideas to improve unit and take to unit manager
Become a charge nurse
Professional Development Goals
Short Term Goals (present- 2 years)
Join committees throughout the hospital
Attend specialty conferences to stay up to date with latest evidenced-
based nursing practices

Long Term Goals (3-5 years)

Enroll in a Masters Program to become a Nurse Practitioner
Take on a leadership role on a hospital committee that I am passionate
about
 Your 1st Year As A Nurse
Compliments strengths/addresses areas for improvement
Focuses on talking care of yourself
Positive self-talk
Motivational Materials
Walk tall and smile
Addresses common areas of weakness for new grads and what is expected
How to talk with doctors
What supervisors expect from new grads
Very inspirational and motivating. Shows you that you are not alone and all new grads
have faced and overcome these fears.
How is it beneficial to my Professional Growth?
Explains how to transition from student to RN
Explains in detail every hurdle that you will run into as a new nurse and how to handle it
Finding the perfect job
Finding your own style of patient-centered care
Communicating and developing relationships
Staying positive and reducing nurse burnout
Enhancing your career and becoming a leader
Leadership Shadowing Experience
Southern Arizona VA Hospital
Clinical Nurse Lead (CNL) of 2 South (Med-Surg Unit)
Role of CNL
Forefront in the healthcare delivery system, acting as a leader for nurses
and other healthcare staff
Helps nurses with problems that arise
Determines patient risks and develops effective strategies to improve care
Benefit and Value of Experience
Understand role of CNL and how to utilize a CNL as a RN
Understand the behind the scenes work that goes into policies and how
the unit is run
Professional Activity Experience
ACLS Training Eclipse
Hands-on active participation and simulations to teach
BLS
Early and late management of cardiac arrest conditions
Treating and managing ischemic chest pain
Management of stokes
Value of experience
Confidence to react in life-threatening situations
Education to SAVE A LIFE!
Professional Timeline
Continuing Education
Personal Aspirations Short Term Goals
Always remember why I wanted to Precept a student nurse
become a nurse stay passionate! Stay up to date on latest EBP
Develop my own way for providing Join/develop committees with area of
evidenced-based patient care that interest
encompassed my core values
Long Term Goals
Potential Opportunities
Become a Nurse Practitioner
Charge nurse
Be educated and competent enough
Leadership roles in organizations and to be the best nurse I can be!
committees
Precept/Mentor
Become NP
References
Cardillo, D. (2010). Your 1st year as a nurse: making the transition from
total novice to successful professional (2 nd ed.). New York: Three
Rivers Press