Professional

Development
Kayla Sonderman
Patient Care Abilities
Strengths
❖ Personable, compassionate,
attentive
Opportunities for improvement
❖ Speed, confidence, patience
Integrative modality
incorporated into practice
❖ Integrative nursing is person-
centered and relationship-
based
Short term goals (Present - 2
years)
❖ Read at least one resource on
trauma nursing in order to be a
more prepared and effective
nurse
Long term goals (3 - 5 years)
❖ Have efficient time
management skills and be able
to handle additional patients if
unit is short staffed without
compromising patient care
Unit Leadership Abilities
Strengths
❖ Communication, ability to see
big picture and help others to
do so, experience training new
staff as DTR
Opportunities for improvement
❖ Experience in the field, further
leadership education
Short term goals (Present - 2
years)
❖ Be able to effectively precept
student nurses and/or new
grads
❖ Join at least one committee
within my unit or hospital
Long term goals (3 - 5 years)
❖ Be a leader either in a
group/committee on my unit
Professional Development

Short term goals (Present - 2 Long term goals (3 - 5 years)

years) ❖ Move to an ICU
❖ Join at least one professional ❖ Become a certified critical
nursing organization care nurse (CCRN)
❖ Attend at least one leadership
conference
Management/Leadership Book
First year nurse: Wisdom, warnings, and what I wish I’d known
my first 100 days on the job

❖ I believe this book will be helpful and relevant to me as a new

graduate nurse
❖ It has the potential to help me avoid common pitfalls and start my
career off on the right foot
Leadership Shadowing Experience
I chose to shadow a rapid response nurse at Tucson Medical Center

Rationale
❖ I did not know what a rapid response nurse did
❖ I want to work with high acuity patients and will likely need to call a
rapid response nurse throughout my career

How the experience enhanced my knowledge of the position

❖ I fully understand what a rapid response nurse does and how their
day is structured
❖ I know when to call a rapid response and what the rapid response
nurse’s standing orders are
Professional Activity
Interprofessional Rural Health Professions Conference sponsored by
Arizona Health Education Centers (AzAHEC) and the Arizona
Telemedicine Program
❖ Chosen due to a significant number of the patients I’ve seen coming
from rural communities
❖ Learned about challenges these communities face when it comes to
health/healthcare

The Science of Well-being course offered by Yale

❖ Chosen due to high rate of burnout among nurses
❖ Learned about myths/misconceptions about what makes people
happy
Educational Plan
Personal aspirations
❖ Continue my education as a nurse
❖ Create a career that I am proud of

Potential opportunities
❖ Graduate level education, on the job training, online courses,
shadowing

Short term goals

❖ Enroll in a Spanish course for healthcare professionals

Long term goals

❖ Become specialized, either as an APRN or in a specific area of
Timeline
Reference
Arnoldussen, B. (Ed.). (2016). First year nurse: Wisdom, warnings, and
what I wish I’d known my first 100 days on the job (4th ed.). Kaplan
Nursing.