PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT
Charin Begay
NURS 479
Direct Patient Care Abilities
Personal Strengths Short-Term Goals
◦ Approachable ◦ Adapt to RN role
◦ Accountability ◦ Independently care for patient and feel
Opportunities for Improvement comfortable.
◦ Confidence Long-Term Goals
◦ Time management ◦ Become a pediatric nurse at Phoenix
Children’s Hospital
Integrative Modality
◦ Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
◦ Human beings are whole systems
degree
inseparable from their environments.
Unit Leadership Abilities
Personal Strengths Short-Term goal
◦ Seeking feedback ◦ Become a preceptor
◦ Team player Long-Term goal
Opportunities for Improvement ◦ Charge nurse role
◦ Delegation
◦ Resolving conflict
Professional Development
Short-Term Goals
◦ Join a committee
◦ Attend a professional nursing
organization conference
Long-Term Goals
◦ Doctor in Nursing Practice program
◦ Transition from hospital setting to
clinical setting
Leadership Book
◦ The book is an eye-opener on discussing how
people pleasing can become a psychological
disease and result in negative affects on the
physical and mental health.
◦ Going “above and beyond” can cause more
harm than good and result in burnout and
resentment toward self.
◦ The book gave helpful advise on how to
overcome the cycle of constantly saying “yes”
to peoples requests.
(Braiker,
2002)
Leadership Shadowing Experience
Charge Nurse on Medical-Surgical Unit at the Veterans Affairs Hospital
Rationale:
◦ Serve a the unit leader
◦ Learn responsibilities of time management, critical thinking, and delegation
◦ Potential future role
Professional Activity
COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic Volunteer at Tucson Convection Center
Rationale:
◦ Learn the mechanics behind a emergency pop-up healthcare clinic
◦ Limited time experience
◦ A non-medical role
Educational Plan
Personal Aspirations
◦ Strong RN
◦ Unit Leader
◦ Holistic interventions
Potential Opportunities
◦ New graduate program
◦ Employer education compensation
Short-Term Goals
◦ Prepare for job interviews
◦ Transfer to a pediatric unit
Long-Term Goals
◦ Become a Travel Nurse
◦ Research potential DNP programs
Growth Timeline
• Graduate with
BSN • Become a
• Pass the NCLEX travel nurse
Present to Month 3
Year 2 - 3 Year 3 - 5
Month 3 - Year 2
• Begin new • Further my
graduate education
program through the
• Pediatric or DNP program.
NICU
References
Braiker, H. R. (2002). The Disease to Please: Curing the People-Pleasing Syndrome.
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill
Kreitzer, M. J. (2015). Integrative nursing: Application of principles across
clinical settings. Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 6(2).
https://doi.org/10.5041/RMMJ.10200