NURS 362 Professional Development Plan Goal Statement: To gain experience, improve previously learned skills and learn

new skills, continue to expand my knowledge as an expert professional nurse in the cardiac or ICU or PICU setting and to continue my education to the masters level and give back by teaching in a nursing program Elements Clinical Practice Leadership Professional Development !b"ective#s$% &escribe what !btain employment as 0earn all I can from my ,raduate from an )* to 4(* you want to accomplish in an )* in a new graduate clinical manager program, after obtaining your first two years in program in telemetry 4(*, apply to 5ueens !bserve and learn from practice #preferably at Pali +omi +edical Center 6est all of my charge nurses +edical Center$ or at a telemetry unit or ICU #leadership skills, what they do childrens long term care that works and what doesnt, how 4y the end of 7 years be able facility they deal with different situations to apply to a masters degree !btain employment as a and personalities$ program nurse, taking care of patients on my own ,ain training as a preceptor so that I can help train new nurses !btain acceptance to an ICU or PICU training program Plans'(trategies% &escribe the actions that you will take to achieve your ob"ective -pply for the new grad program with .awaii Pacific .ealth -pply to any ICU or PICU that will take new graduates or recent new grad program )*s 0earn facilitys policies and procedures in regard to the leadership role 1oin a leadership or 2uality improvement committee 3olunteer'sign up to learn new procedures'e2uipment use in order to pass that education on to my peers as appropriate &iplomatic Understanding ,et along well with others /xperience in dealing with /xplore options and re2uirements for several universities )* to 4(* online programs -pply to U. .ilos )* to 4(* online transition program -pply to University of Texas )* to 4(* online program

(trengths% &escribe the strong points about yourself that make you such a great nurse

*atural caregiver since childhood (ympathetic /mpathetic

Currently maintaining 8 9 ,P /n"oy school 3ery motivated to continue

(trengths% &escribe the strong points about yourself that make you such a great nurse

Caring 5uick learner /nthusiastic learner -lways want to learn more Passionate about helping people

(kills'competencies% &escribe the skills and competencies you bring to the role 7;< years of experience in patient care, -&0s, 3(, I = !s, patient safety > years /+) charting experience -ble to perform multiple types of dressing changes #including clean and sterile techni2ue$ +edication administration #including P!, in"ections #I+, (5$, I3P, I3P4$ I know and understand many skills but I would like more practice with inserting I3s and some other skills I need to constantly learn new e2uipment because things change so 2uickly and often in health care

difficult people'situations 6illing to compromise when necessary 5uick = enthusiastic learner Passionate *ot shy, able to take charge as well as take direction from others -lways willing to help *ot afraid to make suggestions as needed -ble to teach anyone who wants to learn

my education -lways ready and willing to learn more /xperienced = able to balance work, family and school 3ery motivated to learn /xtremely interested in what I am learning

Therapeutic communication /xperienced in leading groups and teaching pro"ects

-ble to learn'understand 2uickly -ble to read very fast ,ood writing skills I am able to cite using -+or +0-

-reas targeted for growth% :rom your own self assessment, describe what areas in yourself that you would like to strengthen

I need to improve changing my leadership style to the situation'people

I truly en"oy continuing education and conferences to learn more about the areas of health care that interest me so I plan to do as many as I can to learn more I will always be focused on learning more