Brittany Savage

University of Arizona
Professional College of Nursing

Development Bachelor of Science in

Nursing
Graduation: December 2021
 Direct Patient Care
• Strengths:
• Safe medication Administration (IV, Sub-Q, Oral)
• Prioritizing tasks
• Bedside Manner/ Professionalism
• Areas for improvement:
• IV insertion
• Organization
• Time management
• Short term goals:
• Transition from novice to competent RN
• Acquire ACLS
• Long term Goals:
• Enhance critical thinking skills
• Master self-care
 Integrative Modalities
• Active listening
Integrative nursing is • Authentic connection
person-centered and
• Considers the whole
relationship-based
person

Human beings are • Maintain integrity of

whole systems environment
inseparable from their • Aware of body language
environments and attitude

Integrative nursing
uses the full range of
• Deep Breathing
therapeutic modalities
moving from least • Distraction
invasive to more
Unit Leadership
• Strengths:
• Team Player
• Adaptable / flexible
• Areas for Improvement:
• Enhance communication with
interdisciplinary team members
• Conflict resolution
• Short Term Goal:
• Develop leadership style
• Long Term Goal:
• Become charge nurse /CNL
• Continue to advance leadership
style
 Professional
Development Goals
• Short Term
• Join a professional organization, This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC

American Association of Critical

Care Nurses (AACN), within one
year of graduation
• Long Term
• Obtain Critical Care Registered
Nurse (CCRN) certification within
3 years of working on an
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intensive care unit
Leadership Book
• Strengths:
• Balancing shift-work and life
• Recognizing different practice
environments
• Areas for Improvement:
• Evaluating patient trends
• Managing emotions/anxiety
• Personal Growth:
• Gives plenty of tips and squashes nursing
myths
• Few absolutes, keep and open mind
Leadership Role
Research
• Charge Nurse
• Viewed as valuable unit
leader
• Respected by fellow
healthcare staff
• Grow & Challenge self
• Gain/expand skill sets

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 Professional Activities

Improved knowledge of abnormal heart

EKG rhythms
Review Increased ability to identify arrythmias

Increased comfortability working with

different ventilator modes
COVID-
Improved skills to identify intubation &
19 extubation parameters
Course
Enhanced ability to recognize
respiratory failure & ARDS
 Continuing
Education
• Short Term Goals:
“Nurses are there when the last • Take advantage of CEUs
breath is taken, and nurses are there offered at hospital
when the first breath is taken. • Long Term Goals
Although it is more enjoyable to • Attend symposiums and
celebrate the birth, it is just as conferences pertinent to
important to comfort in death.” critical care
—Christine Belle • Join NP program
• Become Hospice NP
 Timeline of Goals
Year 10
Year 5
Hospice
Year 3
NP NP
Year 2 Obtain Program
Year 1 Charge CCRN
Month 6
Join Nurse
ACLS AACN
 References
Hawkes, B. (2020). First-Year Nurse: Advice on Working with Doctors,
Prioritizing Care, and Time Management. Simon and Schuster.