Professional Development

Rodney Rodriguez
University of Arizona College of Nursing
Bachelors of Science in Nursing
Graduation December 2021
  Direct Patient Care Abilities
 Personal Strengths:
 Personable, IV starts, Systems assessment, Discharge instructions
 Opportunities for Improvement:
 Confidence, Medication adverse effects, Evaluating EKG strips
 Short Term Goals:
 Run first code, Participate in intubation/extubation, Manage a ventilated patient
 Long Term Goals:
 Provide quality care to trauma patients
 Integrative Modality you incorporated while taking care of your patient/s:
 Concentration of deep breathing for patients in pain
  Personal Strengths:
Unit  Lead by example, Willingness to help

Leadership  Opportunities for Improvement:

 Confidence, Delegation with staff, and
Abilities Patient assignment
 Short Term Goals:
 BAT/Rapid/Code response nurse within 1-2
years
 Long Term Goals:
 Charge Nurse within 2-3 years
Professional
Development
 Short Term Goals:
 Begin first job at Oro Valley Hospital in the ED within 2 months of graduation
 ACLS/PALS certification within 2 months of beginning my job
 Become Emergency Nurse Certified and Join Emergency Nurse Association
within 2 years
 Long Term Goals:
 Work at a trauma center within 3 years, Master’s Degree within 4 years
 Weebly Website link: rodneyrodrigueznurs479.weebly.com
Put Your Spirit to Work: Making a Living Being Yourself
Written by Deborah Knox

 Strengths:
 Understanding skills for future job, being self aware of abilities, being
able to network in own industry
 Areas for Improvement:
 Planning and decision making about future of career related to going back to
school
 Professional Growth:
 Starting now to develop my future professional goal of earning a Master’s
degree

(Knox, 2012)
  Rational:
 Wanted to learn more about

House the position

 Enhancement of my
Supervisor knowledge:
 Increased base knowledge of
Research role
 Qualifications for management
Paper role
 Very demanding management
role
 Emphasis on staffing for
patient care
 Relied on during night shift
Professional Activity

 Completed COVID and ANA online learning modules

 Rational:
 Wanted a learning experience that was flexible and at no cost
 Wanted to learn/review information related to the COVID pandemic
 Reinforced information about caring for COVID patients
 Reviewing ever changing information is vital for patient care
Educational Plan Related to Continuing Education and/or Higher
Education Endeavors.
 Personal Aspirations:
 Go back to school for Master’s degree, Manage ICU patients
 Potential Opportunities:
 Many master’s programs at the University of Arizona, ICU holds at ED
 Short Term Goals:
 Attend an Emergency Nurse Association Conference within 2 years
 Long Term Goals:
 Earn a Master’s degree beginning at year 4 and extending to years 5-6
 Visual Timeline of Short- and Long-Term Goals
Begin
working
as
charge
Present Year 1 Year 2 nurse Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

Continue to
Begin first CODE, Attend ENA Work at Begin
work and
job and intubation/e Conference trauma Master’s
go to
complete xtubation, and become center program
school
ACLS/PALS ventilated ED certified
patients
References
Health News. (2019). Behind the scenes: House supervisors. Kittitas Valley Healthcare. https://www.kvhealthcare.org/2019/01/behind-the-

scenes-house-supervisors/

Knox, D. (2012). Put Your Spirit to Work: Making a living being yourself.