Taylor Romero

Strengths
Communicating with patients
Approaching patients in a compassionate manner

Opportunities for Improvement

Confidence when talking with doctors about patient care
Staying organized during shift when unplanned incidents occur

Short term goals (now- 2 years from now)

Develop a method to stay organized during shift
Participate in rounds and talk to doctors about patients with confidence

Long term goals (3-5 years from now)

Be able to confidently identify reasons for patient change of condition
Confidently care for any and all highly critical patients
 Strengths
Easily approachable for questions
Willing to help

Opportunities for Improvement

Sometimes have a hard time telling people what to do
Difficulty with giving criticism

Short term goals (now- 2 years from now)

Confidently delegate tasks to CNAs and LPNs
Mentor nursing students who are on the unit I work on

Long term goals (3-5 years from now)

Precept new grads and students in their final preceptorship
Become a charge nurse
 Short term goals (now- 2 years)
Obtain certification in continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT)
Join a committee at the hospital that I am working at

Long term goals(3-5 years)

Become a certified critical care registered nurse (CCRN)
Become certified in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
 Compliments my strengths
States importance of being an active communicator
Gives advice on how to make people feel important and show your sincerity

Compliments my areas for improvement

Outlines how to be a leader and how to give constructive criticism
Gives advice on how to talk to people and deal with people

Benefits for my professional growth

Outlines different techniques to deal with people
Will help guide my nursing practice when dealing with patients
Will help me with working with other nurses, doctors, and health care professionals
Will overall make me a more likable person, hopefully opening doors for professional growth

Carnegie, Dale (1981). How to win friends and influence people. New York: Simon & Schuster Inc.
 Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
Interested in becoming a nurse practitioner
Shadowed NP on night shift that covers the medical ICU, neuro ICU and helps in the
emergency department
Observed initial assessments of patients that were being admitted from the
emergency department
Saw the process of determining whether a patient needs to be admitted to the ICU
Enhanced my knowledge of what a nurse practitioner does when working in the
hospital
 Advanced cardiovascular life support certification (ACLS)
Required for nurses working on high acuity units
Outlines set of interventions for life threatening medical emergencies
Able to identify cardiac rhythms and determine which interventions should be
implemented
Built on my knowledge of cardiac medications and what doses of medications are
required per the patients condition
 Aspirations
To be the best possible ICU nurse I can be
Always strive to become a better and more educated nurse

Potential Opportunities
Skill certification through nurse educators at hospital I work at
Online DNP programs that would allow me to continue to work

Short term goals

CRRT Certification
ECMO Certification
Become CCRN

Long term goals

Pursue an advanced degree
Become a nurse practitioner