Professional Development

FOR AND BY NICOLE BAGINSKI

Direct Patient Care Abilities

Strengths
Compassionate
Resourceful

Strong patient advocate

Weaknesses
Medication knowledge
G-tube feedings

IV placement
Direct Patient Care Abilities

Short-term goals
Unit specific medications
Skills reference book

Observe and try various IV placement techniques

Long-term goals
Expert in pediatric nursing
Go-to person when others struggle inserting IVs
Unit Related Leadership Abilities

Strengths
Eager to learn from others
Team-player

Clear communicator

Weaknesses
Delegation
Initiating change
Unit Related Leadership Abilities

Short-term goals
Become comfortable delegating when necessary
Seek out learning experiences

Long-term goals
Precept/orient student nurses/new grads
Provide feedback on possible changes
Professional Development

Short-term goals
Read specialty area journals such as Journal of Pediatric
Nursing and Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care
Utilize Sigma Theta Tau benefits

Long-term goals
CCRN-Pediatric certification
Continue applying evidence-based practice in new skill

areas
Leadership Book

How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale

Carnegie
Strengthens my natural inclination to communicate
clearly with others from a place of compassion
Make others feel special
Builds my toolbox of strategies to initiate change
Listen more than you speak
Always be complimenting (Carnegie, 1981)
Leadership Shadowing Experience

Lactation Consultant
Independence, autonomy, & leadership inherent to
the position
Bolsters personal patient advocacy
Professional Activity

BLS & PALS certification at Eclipse

Team-player in code situation
Enforces strong need for clear communication
If leading, delegating and clearly defining everyones
role
 Timeline
Obtain FLE program,
position in travel, camp Obtain
pediatric nursing CCRN-
unit Fall 2019- Pediatric
Summer Summer certification
2017 2020 2022

2018 2021
Attend 1st Precept and
nursing orient
conference students and
new grads
Educational Plan

Major hospitals in Chicagoland area offer financial

assistance for continuing education
Short term goals
Read journals in specialty area
Attend conferences

Long term goals

CCRN-Pediatric certification
Advanced Practice Nurse in PICU (10 or more years from
now)
References

Carnegie, D. (1981). How to win friends and influence

people. New York: Simone and Schuster.