Professional Development

Allie Paskitti
University of Arizona College of Nursing
 Direct Patient Care Abilities

Personal Strengths
Areas for Improvement

● Nurse-patient relationships
● Time management
● Attention to detail
● Pharmacology
● Communication
● Becoming resourceful
Short Term Goals Long Term Goals

● Better organization ● Innovative care

● Improve critical thinking ● Adapting to complex
skills situations
Integrative Modalities

● Created healing environments

● Offered presence

● Integrated family values and

wishes

Kreitzer, M. J. (2015). Integrative nursing: Application of principles across clinical settings.

Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 6(2). doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10200

Unit Leadership
Abilities
Personal Strengths Short Term Goals

● Positive attitude ● Join committees

● Eager to help others ● Certifications
● Respectful to colleagues ● Teambuilding

Areas for Improvement Long Term Goals

● Delegation ● Become charge nurse

● Conflict resolution ● Preceptor training
Professional
Development
Short Term Goals
● Receive advanced cardiac life
support training (ACLS)
● Become NIH stroke scale certified
● Join at least one unit committee
● Complete training on ultrasound
IV placement
Long Term Goals
● Obtain critical care nurse
certification (CCRN)
● Become an active member of
the Arizona Nurses Association
● Become trained as a nurse
preceptor
 Nurse Leadership
Book

● Letting go of anxiety, self-doubt,

and perfectionism

● Self-love and wholehearted living

● Relates to my struggles with being

the “perfect” new graduate nurse

● Opened my eyes to loving myself

rather than getting in my own way

Brown, B. (2010). The Gifts of Imperfection. Center City, MN:
Hazelden Publishing.
Leadership Shadowing
Experience

How this experience enhanced my knowledge of SWAT

nurses:

● SWAT nurses are a hospital resource for any crisis

situation
● Provide clinical expertise when needed
● Build rapport with all hospital staff
● Leadership through quick critical thinking and
decision making abilities
Professional and
Community Activities
Activities I participated in

● Training on the following topics: COVID-19 pulmonary, ARDS, and

ventilator resources; infection prevention and control for novel
coronavirus; clinical care of severe acute respiratory infection

What I gained

● Nursing care applicable to current pandemic

● Preparation for new graduate experience in the ICU
Higher
Education
Endeavors

Aspirations & Short Term Goals Long Term Goals

Opportunities

● Certified registered ● Work in the Neuro ICU ● Move up to working in

nurse anesthetist ● Stay updated with the Cardiovascular
● Gain ICU experience evidence-based ICU
● Attend conferences for practice ● Gain acceptance into
critical care nurses the CRNA program at
the U of A
 Timeline for Nursing Goals

July 2020 Nov. 2020 Aug. 2022 Oct.

May Aug. 2020 TBD Oct. 2023
2020 2021 2022

Complete Become
Pass NCLEX orientatio charge/precept Apply to
exam or trained CRNA
n
Graduate program
Begin Attend Begin
from BSN
working in Internationa working in
program
NSICU l Stroke the CVICU
Conference
 References

Brown, B. (2010). The Gifts of Imperfection. Center City, MN:

Hazelden Publishing.

Kreitzer, M. J. (2015). Integrative nursing: Application of

principles across clinical settings. Rambam Maimonides

Medical Journal, 6(2). doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10200