NURS 479 Professional Development Grid/Plan Name: Ashley Campbell Date: 3/30/2017

Area Strengths Weakness/Opportunity for Short term goals/strategies Long term goals/strategies
Improvement Present-2 years 3-5 years

Direct Critical thinker Ineffecient/Slow when Increase self-confidence Learn and master advanced
performing new tasks nursing skills specific to critical
Patient Care Organized Become skilled bedside
care/intensive care
Leadership Shy nurse
Kind
Work in a capacity with more
Self doubt Develop good bedside
Diligent direct patient/family interaction
manner and rapport with
Remembering to take (i.e. day shift)
Patient advocate patients
temperatures
Unit Related Problem solver Dont want to step on any Become reliable core staff Regularly teach students and
Leadership toes member new graduates
Inquisitive
Naturally quiet and Recognize importance to Take part in/initiate quality
Patient
reserved unit/team improvement projects
Imposter syndrome Take on small leadership Act as a mentor
role on hospital
committee
Professional Join the American CCRN certification
Nursing Association of Critical
Development: Obtain Certified Nephrology
Care Nurses
Organizations, Nurse (CNN) certification
Subscribe to American
Journals/
Journal of Critical Care
Certifications and Critical Care Nurse
Receive ACLS certification
NURS 479 Improves on Trust your instincts and
Book selection weaknesses training
(based on your Perfection, expertise, and
strengths and wisdom will come with
weaknesses)
time
Dont take things too
personally and dont be
 too self critical
Leadership Improves on How to be available as a
Shadowing weaknesses resource in a leadership
Experience position check in on
people, offer help, allow
nurses to have input into
assignments. Be a
motivating charge nurse
by being approachable,
helpful, assertive, and
democratic.
Professional Enhanced knowledge Enhances strengths
Activity/ Community of how people heal
Service and the role of
inflammation in
multiple disease
processes knowledge
that can be used when
deal with critically ill
patients.
Education: Take ECG Enhance strengths Take a Critical Care Become charge nurse after 3
interpretation class Nursing course (new grad years
Continuing Nursing
Education and/or training course)
Take a minimum of 15 Nurse educator (closer to 10
plans for Higher continuing education Take ACLS class years)
Education
units per year