PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT
Sage Char-Lee
DIRECT PATIENT CARE
Personal Short Term Goals:
Strengths: • Routine
• Organizational Skills Development
• Time Management • Confidence Building
• Compassion • Improved Efficiency

Areas for Long Term

Improvement: Goals:
• Confidence • Implementation
• Proactivity of new evidence-
• Interdisciplinary based care
communication • Improved
 PERSONAL STRENGTHS:
• COLLABORATION
• COMMUNICATION

AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT:

UNIT • TAKING LEAD WHEN NECESSARY

• TROUBLESHOOTING

LEADER • INDEPENDENCE

SHIP SHORT TERM GOALS:

• BEING PROACTIVE
• OFFERING AID WHERE NEEDED

LONG TERM GOALS:

• POSSIBLE CHARGE NURSE
POSITION
• BECOME A RESOURCE ON MY UNIT
 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
SHORT TERM LONG TERM GOALS:
GOALS: • Stay updated on
• Become ACLS scholarly journals
certified related to patient care
• Join a club or • Create unit wide
organization on the organization pertaining
unit to specific patient care
• Look into needs
certifications
specific to the unit
 The Everything New Nurse
Book by Kathy Quan (Quan,
2011)

LEADER This book has complemented my

own strengths and areas for
improvement by providing

SHIP resourceful information pertaining

to a plethora of information
regarding life as a new nurse. It

BOOK
ranged from time management,
self-care, continuing higher
education while still working, etc.

All of these topics, and so much

more, are areas that I have
previously discussed in regards to
my professional development.
 I shadowed the nurse
manager of a unit for the
day. The day consisted of
LEADERSHIP siting in on her daily
meetings such as patient
SHADOWING overviews/discharges, new
hire interviews, and morning
EXPERIENCE huddles. I was able to get an
insight into the management
side of nursing and see how
the nurse manager needed
to take a leadership role in
order to come to decisions
that would ultimately have a
PROFESSIONA
L ACTIVITY
BLS CERTIFICATION: COVID-19 TRAINING:
This experience has This experience has
enhanced my knowledge enhanced my knowledge
by providing basic tools by providing an online
necessary to conduct learning experience to
life saving procedures in better equip myself
and out of the hospital during this COVID-19
pandemic that I will likely
 PERSONAL ASPIRATIONS:
• Continue onto higher education
• Become a nurse practitioner

HIGHE
• Go back to school within 3 years of
working

POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES

R • Take advantage of resources in hospital

• Possible tuition reimbursement

EDUCA SHORT TERM GOALS:

• Consider areas of specialty to explore
• Create game plan to return to school

TION • SAVE MONEY

LONG TERM GOALS:

• Either be in school or post-graduate
• Assume role of nurse practitioner
VISUAL TIMELINE
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REFERENCES
Quan, K. (2011). The everything new nurse book. (2nd ed.). Avon, MA:

Adams Media, a division of F W Media, Inc.