PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

DOUG TURNER

DIRECT PATIENT CARE ABILITIES

Personal Strengths
Works well with other as a team
Passionate to deliver great care
Reliable & willingness work hard

and continue to learn

Opportunities for Improvement
Self-confidence in clinical skills &
knowledge

Goals
Short Term Find

employment & become

part of nursing team
Long Term Search for
area of nursing I can be
passionate about

LEADERSHIP ABILITIES
Strengths
Previous experience
Treat people fair and equal
Separate personal and

professional
Opportunities for
Improvement
Lack the experience and
skillset

Goals
Short Term (Present-2 years)
Find employment
Gain experience and

knowledge
Long Term (3-5 years)
Masters Degree
Management Position

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Organization
Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Certifications
ACLS and CNOR
Shot Term Goals
Gain knowledge of job requirements and duties to become

proficient
Long Term Goals
CNOR Certificate and education towards position of OR nurse

THE EVERYTHING NEW NURSE BOOK

Book compliments my strengths
Works well with others
Passionate about great care
Reliable and hard working
Beneficial for my professional

growth
My strengths will help me
overcome my weaknesses

LEADERSHIP SHADOWING
Leadership shadowing experience
Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL)
Medical-Surgical Unit, SAVAHCS
Knowledge gained
Good leadership matters
Good leadership is a personal quality, improved with knowledge &

skills

PROFESSIONAL / COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

St. Lukes IPEP Elder

Hearing Screening
Rational for choice
Inter-professional working
experience
Help in the community
Knowledge gained
Inter-professional experience
How hearing loss effects lives

Mass Casualty Training

Tucson Fire Department

Rational for choice

Preparedness knowledge for a
catastrophic event

Knowledge gained
Civilian roles & how to plan for
Volunteer & career opportunities

CONTINUING EDUCATIONAL PLANS

Short Term (Present-2 years)
Pass NCLEX become Licensed
Personal Aspirations
Potential Opportunities

RN
Long Term (3-5 years)
CNOR Certified Operation

Room Nurse
MSN Nurse Management

TIMELINE

REFERENCES
Readwritethink. (n.d.). Timeline. Retrieved from

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline_2
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Quan, K. (2011). The Everything New Nurse Book. Avon, MA:Adams

Media.