PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Holly Ochieng
 DIRECT PATIENT CARE

STRENGTHS OPPORTUNITIES FOR

• Patient focused IMPROVEMENT

• Compassionate, holistic care • Time management and

established routine
• Professional bedside manner
• Delegation
• Confidence in nursing skills
 DIRECT PATIENT CARE

SHORT TERM GOALS LONG TERM GOALS

• Develop confidence through • Know medications and disease
experience processes
• Practice prioritization of tasks
• Practice delegation
 UNIT LEADERSHIP

STRENGTHS OPPORTUNITIES FOR

• Flexible IMPORVEMENT

• Patient, understanding • Perfectionist

• Approachable • Stress management

• Teachable
 UNIT LEADERSHIP

SHORT TERM GOALS LONG TERM GOALS

• Charge nurse • Become a Preceptor
• Mentor students assigned to • Nurse manager on Unit
me
 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

SHORT TERM GOALS LONG TERM GOALS

• ACLS/PALS • Join American Nurses
Association
• CRNA
 LEADERSHIP + MANAGEMENT
BOOK

• Know the condition of your flock

• Discover the shape of your sheep
• Help your sheep identify with you
• Make your Pasteur a safe place
• The staff of direction
• The rod of correction
• The heart of the shepherd

“Every day you have to decide who’s going to pay for your leadership - you or your people”
LEADERSHIP SHADOWING
EXPERIENCE

Following a SWAT nurse

 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Volunteered in the SILC lab

Volunteer experience at the Salvation Army Hospitality
House
 EDUCATIONAL PLAN

Personal Aspirations Short Term Goals

• Become fluent in Spanish • Charge nurse
• Provide exceptional patient care • ACLS/PALS

Potential Opportunities Long Term Goals

• Attend CRNA Program • Masters of Science in Nursing,
Emphasis in Management
• CRNA
 TIMELINE

Graduate + Begin RN Charge Move into Attend

1 Year

2-4 Years

5 Years
3 Months

6 Months
NCLEX job and Nurse/Unit ICU to gain CRNA
gain Leadership critical care program
experience skills
 RESOURCES

Leman, K., Pentak, B. (2004). The way of the shepherd: Seven secrets to
managing productive people. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan