Professional Development

KELLY NICOLE CONRAD, BSN

 Direct Patient Care Abilities

Personal strengths: Short-term goals (present-2

Patience years):
Genuineness Incorporate integrated nursing
care in my practice
Empathy
Feel comfortable in complete
Opportunities for Improvement: patient care
Confidence in my clinical skills Long-term goals (3-5 years):
Time management in a day of Excel in complete patient care
patient care
Excel in therapeutic
Critical thinking in the clinical communication
setting
 Unit Leadership Abilities

Personal strengths: Short-term goals (present-2 years):

Preceptorship experience in the Obtain CCRN and CNL
ICU certifications
Obtain chemotherapy
Involvement in extracurricular
administering license
leadership organizations
Refine leadership skills
Opportunities for Improvement:
Long-term goals (3-5 years):
Application of leadership skills in
Work as a charge nurse within my
the clinical setting
unit
Voicing leadership opinions Excel in personal leadership
abilities
 Professional Development

Short-term goals (present-2 years):

Pass the NCLEX
Begin my career by working in an RN new graduate program
Work in a Banner hospital high acuity unit

Long-term goals (3-5 years):

Establish my career as a high acuity nurse
Master other areas of nursing (NICU, Labor and Delivery, etc.)
Explore Masters in nursing programs
 Management/Leadership Book

Your First Year As a Nurse Making the Transition from Total Novice to
Successful Professional 2nd ed. by Donna Cardillo
Complemented areas for improvement:
Answered some of my lingering questions
Is targeted for unexperienced, new graduate nurses (me)
Beneficial to your professional growth:
Many useful tips and pieces of advice
Very applicable to new graduates in the beginning of their career
 Leadership Shadowing Experience

Director of Nursing, Critical Care at Northwest Medical Center

Shadowed for a day
Was familiar with this position but unsure of what it consists of
Learned about the management aspect of Nursing
 Professional/Community Activity

Basic Life Support

Renew BLS certification it and remain CPR certified
Refreshed to me the steps to CPR and basic life support
Essential for nurses to be proficient in these skills
Habitat for Humanity
Volunteer-based organization that works with poor families to build
them a home
Worked on small construction projects within the job side
My childhood church is heavily involved in this organization - it is near
to my heart
 Goals Timeline
February,
March,
December, 2017: 2017:
2017: Take and Begin
Graduate pass the working
from the U of NCLEX with a new
A College of nursing graduate
Nursing, BSN exam 2027: program
2022: Graduate
Graduate from a
from a Doctorate
Masters in in Nurse
Nursing Practitioner
program program
 Educational Plan

Personal Aspirations Short-term goals

Continue education Passstate board exam and
Master multiple fields of nursing become a Registered Nurse

Potential Opportunities Long-term goals

Obtain Masters degree
Tuition
reimbursement through
employer Obtain Doctorate in Nurse
Online classes Practitioners degree
References

Cardillo, D. (2010). Your First Year As a Nurse, Second

Edition: Making the Transition from Total Novice to
Successful Professional. Crown Business.