Professional

Development
Sydney Narvaez
 Direct Patient Care
Strengths
Empathetic, flexible, holistic
Areas for improvement
Time management, saying no to patients when
needed
Short term goals
Confidence, calling physicians, common
diagnoses
Long term goals
Develop strong skills, attend training and
workshops
 Unit Leadership
Strengths
Information seeking, trustworthy, reliable

Opportunities for improvement

Delegating, taking breaks

Short term goals

Trusting others with delegation, offer help
on unit
Long term goals
Become a mentor or preceptor, available
for new nurses
 Professional Goals

Short term goals

Subscribe to nursing journal, read articles,
NRP
Long term goals
Evidence based practice, committee,
CCRN
 Book Choice

First Year Nurse

Strengths
Organization, rapport with coworkers

Opportunities for improvement

Journaling, challenging patients, being a leader

Beneficial to me
Real life experiences, different opinions on
every subject matter
Leadership Shadowing

Nurse manager night and day shift

Unit functioning and all of its parts

Meeting with staff, evaluations, and payroll

 Professional Activity

Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Working in the PICU or NICU

Pediatric codes differ from adult codes

 Timeline of Goals

2-3 3-5
Present
years years
Pass NCLEX Skills CCRN
Continuing Diagnoses Preceptor
education Calling Committee
Subscribe to Delegate Skills
nursing NRP
journal
 Continuing Education

Continue growing as an RN, MSN

Short term goals

Continuing education

Long term goals

CCRN
 References

Arnoldussen, B. (2016). First year nurse:

Wisdom, warnings, and what I wish Id known
my first 100 days on the job (4th ed.). New
York, NY: Kaplan Inc.