Professional Development

Leah Skromme
Direct Patient Care Abilities

Personal Strengths: Opportunities for Improvement:

● Empathy ● Confidence
● Listening skills ● Assertiveness
● Organization

Integrative modality incorporated while taking care of patients:

● 4-7-8 breathing
● Mindfulness meditation
Direct Patient Care Abilities
Short term goals: Long term goals:
● Act as a strong patient ● Act as resource for other
advocate nurses
● Utilize evidence-based ● Be confident and proud in
practice my abilities
● Practice delegation
Unit Leadership Abilities
Personal Strengths: Opportunities for
● Enjoy working as part of Improvement:
a team ● Learning to say “no”
● Open to criticism ● Delegation
● Quick learner ● Confront conflict when
necessary
Unit Leadership Abilities
Short term goals:
● Find a mentor to turn to
for support and feedback
● Create a supportive
network on unit
Long term goals:
● Become a preceptor for
nursing students
● Shadow charge nurse
extensively to further
understand this role
Professional Development

Short-term goals: Long term goals:

● ACLS certification ● Complete training for
● Subscribe to American CRRT
Journal of Nursing ● CCRN certification
● Join American Nurses
Association
Management/Leadership Book
Reason for selection:
● Recommended by other students

Benefits:
● Discussion on avoiding burnout
● Developing positive relationships

Strengths/Areas for Improvement:

● Dealing with conflict/adversity
Leadership Shadowing Experience
● Shadowed STICU charge nurse for 8 hours
● Knowledge gained about the role of a charge nurse :
○ Handles staffing
○ Responds to all rapid responses/codes
○ Acts as resource for all nurses
○ Attends bed meetings
● Reason for selection:
○ Interested in process of rapid responses/codes
○ Interest in becoming a charge nurse
Professional/Community Activity
● Attended the Interprofessional Rural Health Professions
Program Conference via Zoom
● Rationale for choice:
○ Lack of knowledge regarding rural health
○ Interested in scientific research on COVID-19
● Knowledge gained:
○ Cultural humility
○ Self-care during COVID-19
Educational Plan
Personal aspirations: Short term goals:
● Acquire MSN ● Attend critical care/nursing
● Become a nursing education conferences
professor ● Research MSN programs

Potential opportunities: Long term goals:

● Become a preceptor ● Complete prerequisites
● Be a leader on unit ● Apply to MSN programs
committees
Visual Timeline of Short/Long Term Goals

February 2021: August 2024:

May 2020: December Join American August 2021: May 2022: Start MSN
Graduate July 2020: August 2020: 2020: Nurses Shadow charge Become a May 2023: prerequisite
nursing Obtain Find a mentor Complete Association nurse preceptor Take CCRN courses
school ACLS orientation exam

July 2021:
June 2020: July 2020: Obtain May 2024:
Take NCLEX Start job September January 2021: January 2022: Research MSN
CRRT July 2022: January 2025:
orientation 2020: Subscribe to Attend programs
Create support American certification conference Start Apply to MSN
network on unit Journal of studying for programs
Nursing CCRN
References
Cardillo, D. (2010). Your first year as a nurse: Making the
transition from total novice to successful professional.
Currency.