PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Sydney Reed
University of Arizona
 DIRECT PATIENT C ARE:
STRENGTHS & AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT

AREAS FOR
STRENGTHS
IMPROVEMENT
Sensitivity People Pleaser

Organized Detail Oriented

Timidity
Team Work
 DIRECT PATIENT CARE GOALS:
SHORT TERM (S) & LONG TERM (L)

S S S L L L

Obtain Job Pass the Begin New Charge Obtain Obtain Job
NCLEX Grad Role Nurse Further in Cote
Education DIvoire
 Strengths
Servant Leader
Reliability
Administrative Skills
UNIT
LEADERSHIP
Areas for Improvement
Delegating
Meeting Needs & Desires of Staff
Members
 Short Term Goals
Become an Independent &
Integral Part of the Unit
Create Changes on the Unit
UNIT
LEADERSHIP
Long Term Goals
GOALS
Lead Classes & Educate Others
Charge Nurse
 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:
TEEN OUTREACH PREGNANCY SERVICES

Led Classes with Melissa Goldsmith

4 Childbirth Education Classes

Co-taught on a variety of subject
Labor & Delivery
Medical Interventions & Postpartum Care
Infant Nutrition & Relaxation Techniques
Infant care
Led class on non-pharmacological pain management
 LEADERSHIP SHADOWING EXPERIENCE:
SHADOWING NURSE MANAGER

Learned about Manager Duties on Banner University

Medical Center Labor & Delivery Unit
Rationale
On the unit of my preceptorship & in area of future
career
Gain insight into what a Nurse Manager does
Nurse Manager Role
Staffing
Supply
Post-Operative Reviews
MANAG E ME NT/ LEADERSH IP
B OOK

Living Your Strengths

Albert L Winseman, Curt Liesveld, &
Donald O. Clifton
 COMPLIMENTED BENEFIT TO
STRENGTHS/AREAS PROFESSIONAL
FOR IMPROVEMENT GROWTH

Identified Stregnths How to best use these

Woo strengths in leadership

Connectedness
Includer How to best work with others
with these skills
Positivity
Communication
Delegation

Where these can lead to

challenges
 TIMELINE OF SHORT TERM AND LONG
TERM GOAL

5 YEARS
TRAVEL TO ANOTHER
4 YEARS COUNTRY FOR WORK
GRADUATE
SCHOOL
3 YEARS RESEARCH
CONTINUED
CULTURAL
EDUCATION
2 YEARS ADVANCEMENT
YOGA CERTIFICATION IN LEADERSHIP
LEADERSHIP ON THE UNIT

1 YEAR
PASS NCLEX
BEGIN NEW GRAD PROGRAM
PALS/ACLS/NALS
 Aspirations: Continue Cultural Education,
Continue Labor & Delivery Nurse Education
& Gaining Experience,Yoga Certification,
Midwife Degree

Potential Opportunities:Yoga school, Frontier

Nursing (MSN), Georgetown Nursing (DNP)
EDUCATIONAL
PLAN
Short Term Goals: Yoga Certification, Life
Support Certifications

Long Term Goals: MSN or DNP for

Midwifery & Language/Cultural Education
 Winseman, A. L., Clifton, D. O., & Liesveld, C.
(2004). Living your strengths: Discover
your God-given talents, and inspire your
community. New York, N.Y: Gallup
Press.

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