Professiona

l
Developme
nt
Yujie Wang

Direct Patient Care

Abilities

Personal Strengths:

Opportunities for
Improvement:

Good stress
management
Time dedicated

Goal: Use evidencebased practice

Strategy: Use a
research database and
review scholarly papers

Short-term Goal
(Present-2 years)

Long-term Goal (35years)

Goal: Develop critical

thinking
Strategy: Observe
experienced nurse
and work

Goal: Confidence
Strategy: being a
working nurse for 3-5
years

Unit Leadership Abilities

Personal Strengths

Opportunities for
improvement

nurse
Effective listener
Team working

Short-term Goal
(Present-2 years)

Goal: Delegating
properly
Strategy: observe
experienced nurse and
follow Arizona Board of
Nursing Guidelines
Long-term Goal (3-5
years)

Goal: Work as a charge Goal: Become unit

nurse
manager
Strategy: Shadow /
Strategy: apply when
observe a charge nurse
there are open
positions

Professional Development
Short-term (Present-2 Long-term (3-5 years)
years)
Goals:
Specialty certification

Goals:
Member on an
organization

Strategy:
Take respective
courses and
trainings

Strategy:
Plan to join and being
active in an organization

Leadership Book
Strengths
of the
book:

Opportuniti
es for
Improveme
nt:

Popular
Syllabus of
assessme
an online
nt
test
Top five
A list of
talents
themes
34 themes Value of
Strategies
the book
to apply
is a code
strengths
to take an
online
assessme
nt

Personal
Benefits:

Find out my
top 5 strengths
:
Achiever
Includer
Empathy
Responsibilit
y
Learner

Leadership Shadowing
Experience
Observed:
Charge nurse

Knowledge Gained:
Role of charge nurse
Opportunities for my RN licensure
in the future

Professional Activity
Activity:
Campus Health at the University of
Arizona
Knowledge gained:
Healthcare system in a clinic
setting
Interaction with nurses and doctors
in a clinical setting

Continuing Education Plan

Personal Aspirations
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Registered Nurse
RN to MSN
Potential Opportunities
Advanced courses offered by the hospital
Continue Education courses
Short-Term (present-2 years)
Goal: Pass NCLEX to become a RN
Strategy: Complete Kaplan Course, focus and study plan, do practice
problems, and self-study
Long-term (3-5 years)
Goal: RN to DNP
Strategy: Apply to DNP by meeting requirements for admissions

Timeline of Life Goals

May 2016
Complete
Kaplan
Review
Course

June
2016
Pass
NCLEX
and
become a
RN

July 2016
Begin
New
Graduate
Residency
Program

January
2017
Complete
New Grad
Residency
Program

February
2017
Fully
transit
into a RN
role

June 2018
Attend
specialized
training in
my area

February
2018
Being a
charge
nurse in a
unit

March
2019
Apply to
DNP
school

August
2019
Begin DNP
program

References
Marquis, B.L. & Huston, C.J. (2014).
Leadership roles and management functions
in nursing: Theory and application (8th
Edition). Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
ISBN Number: 13: 978-1-4511-9281-0.
Rath, T. (2007). Strengths finder 2.0. New
York: Gallup Press.