PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

POWER POINT

Kaitlyn Hopkins
 DIRECT PATIENT CARE ABILITIES

Personal Strengths Short Term Goals

• Respect/Integrative modality 4 • Apply Evidence Based
• Active listener Practice
• Compassion • Learning how/when to use
available resources and tools
Opportunities for Long Term Goals
Improvement • Confidence in practice:
• Prioritization time management and
• Independent patient delegation
care • Continue self care to
stop nurse burn out
 UNIT LEADERSHIP ABILITIES
Personal Strengths
•Team Player
•Active learner and takes
constructive criticism well
•Eager to improve operations
Opportunities for
Improvement
• Learning leadership roles
• Delegation
Short Term Goals
•Work as a charge nurse
•Join a unit specific
committee
Long Term Goals
• Work as a House
supervisor
• Become an educator
 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REL ATED TO
ORGANIZATIONS, JOURNALS, AND CE RTIFICATION

Short Term Goal Long Term Goal

• Pediatric Advanced Life • Become certified in a
Support (PALS), Neonatal
specialty area as an
Advanced Life Support
(NALS), and Neonatal
educator
Resuscitation Program (NRP) • Join a committee or
• Nursing License in AZ and union
CA
 MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP BOOK

Personal Strengths How the book is beneficial

• People to my professional growth
• Execution • The ”little l” leadership
• Giving approach
• Focus • how to lead without
being overbearing and
Opportunities for
Improvement rude
• Self Mastery • Good review of the
basics
• Persuasive communication
 LEADERSHIP SHADOWING
EXPERIENCE

• Nightshift house supervisor for Northwest Medical Center

• Gained insight into:
• role of house supervisor
• Upper management
• Workings of various other units
• Hurdles faced by units/management and their solutions
 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

• ACLS Class at Eclipse CPR Training Center

• Emphasis on: BLS CPR, ACLS algorithm, and
effective communication
• Learned importance for life saving skills like
proper CPR/ACLS and when to call RST/code
blue
 EDUCATIONAL PLAN

Personal Aspirations Short Term Goals

• Work in as many units as • Graduate with BSN in
possible and eventually May
an ICU/NICU • Pass the NCLEX
• Move back to CA to work • Nursing License in AZ
Potential Opportunities and Term
Long CA Goals
• New Grad Program • Educator
training in job skills • Masters or doctorate in
• Continued Education nursing
 TIMELINE

Dec 2022
August 2021 • Become Jan 2025
• Apply EBP to Charge • Become
May 2020 practice Nurse certified in a
• Graduat • Become • Join unit specialty
e more familiar committe area as an
to unit e educator

August 2020 August 2022 Dec 2023

• Get a • Gain Jan 2030
• Pass NCLEX
job/license in confidence in • House
• Get into New
CA practice Supervis
Grad
• Complete • Cont. with or
Program
PALS, NALS, higher
and NRP education
 REFERENCES

• Sanborn, M. (2006). You don’t need a title to

be a leader. New York, New York: Doubled