Nurs479 Professional Development Grid

NURS 479 Professional Development Grid/Plan
Area
Direct
Patient Care
Leadership
Strengths
Bedside manner,
calming, trustworthy,
confident, instills
strong competence,
person ability,
communication with
family and patient
Ability to sympathize
and put myself in my
patients shoes
Unit Related
Leadership
Weakness/Opportunity for
Improvement
Patience, endurance
during 12 hour shift,
nursing skills (IVs,
calculations),
comprehensive
understanding of
pathophysiology, use of
alternative interventions
Leads by example
Delegating tasks
Helps other coworkers

when available
Asking for help
Emulates a strong
leader
Trustworthy
Hard Working
Recognizing strengths
in unit staff
Addressing concerns
Name: _Sean Chester___Date: 11/29/16

Short term goals/strategies
Present-2 years
Long term goals/strategies

3-5 years
To further strengths:
Strategy 1- prevent
compassion fatigue by not
picking up extra shifts. On
days off participate in
self-care activities that
make me happy (playing
basketball, hanging out
with friends, traveling)
To further strengths: Goal 1Choose a mentor, in nursing.

Emulate that person and choose
which strengths that person has
that I need to incorporate into
patient care at the bedside. By
3-5 years, I should demonstrate
a lot of the same qualities as
this mentor.
To improve weaknesses:
Strategy 2- Once a week
practice installing IVs on
dummies at home.
Read/study
pathophysiology of
common patient
conditions.
Strategy 2- Change units. Move
around and experience that
many areas of nursing has to
offer. This will allow me to
prevent being comfortable. I
will grow and develop in many
areas. I can practice my
improving my weaknesses in all
areas. Over time, by 3-5 years, I
should have eliminated these
areas that need improvement
To further strengths:
Strategy 1- Continue to
practice strengths.
Weekly, ask coworkers for
feedback on unit
leadership. Improve
based on feedback.
To further strengths: Goal 1Make it a goal to become a

charge nurse 3-5 years out of
school. This long term goal will
give me an objective, and an
incentive to work towards.
Practice fulfilling the charge
nurse role once attained.
Strategy 2- Practice
delegating to NAs.
Follow-up with positive
Strategy 2- Chose a clinical
nurse leader that you appreciate
reinforcement and offer to

help them in return. Use
an effective approach to
assigning tasks.
and ask them to mentor you.

After you have focused on
mastering skills and patient
care, eliminate weaknesses in
unit leadership by asking them
to evaluate your leadership
style.
Professional
Nursing
Development:
Organizations,
Acupressure certification
Nurses without Borders
Motivational Interviewing
Certification
American Nurses Association
Journals/
ACLS Certification
Certifications
RNFA Certification (RN

First Hand in surgery)
NURS 479
Book selection
(based on your
strengths and
weaknesses)
Leadership
Shadowing
Experience
Integrative Nursing
By
Mary Jo Kreitzer
Mary Koithan
Shadowing an emergency
room nurse enhanced my
weaknesses because I was
able to observe the
importance of understand
a myriad of patient
conditions. I practiced
studying pathophysiology,
reading EKGs and relating
these to my patients. I also
watched the emergency
room nurse perform many
IVs, it helped me develop
new strategies to improve
my IV skills.
The acupressure training

class I attended taught me
simple concepts of
acupressure such as its
history, effect and great
potential. I learned the
effectiveness of using this
alternative therapy in my
patient care. The training
helped me improve my
weaknesses of not having
abilities to provide
alternative therapy.
Professional
Activity/ Community
Service
Education:
Continuing Nursing
Education and/or
plans for Higher
Education
In general, I plan to
pursue higher
education in my future
as a nurse. I believe a
role as a nurse
practitioner will play to
my strengths as a
nurse including my
strong understanding
of patients
circumstances, my
leadership skills,
bedside manner and
overall confidence in
my ability to heal.
In the next 2 years I plan

to explore many areas of
nursing. I primary focuses
will be in psychology,
surgery, intensive care
and integrative nursing. I
hope to attain these goal
by becoming a traveling
nurse. This way I can
begin to gain experience
as well as generate an
idea of which area I would
like to specialize in as a
Nurse Practitioner.
In the next 3-5 years, I would

like to go back to school to fulfill
my dreams of becoming a nurse
practitioner. I intend applying to
schools in California, Colorado
and Arizona.

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Helps other coworkers

Asking for help

Name: _Sean Chester___Date: 11/29/16

Long term goals/strategies

To further strengths: Goal 1Choose a mentor, in nursing.

To further strengths: Goal 1Make it a goal to become a

reinforcement and offer to

and ask them to mentor you.

Nurses without Borders

American Nurses Association

RNFA Certification (RN

The acupressure training

In the next 2 years I plan

In the next 3-5 years, I would

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