Professional

Development
MARIA HURTADO
 Overview of Direct Patient Care Abilities
Personal strengths
• Active listening and interaction
with patients
• Eagerness for knowledge
Opportunities for improvement
• Delegation
• Self-care
Use of integrated modalities
incorporated into practice
• Resilience training
 Short-term goal/strategies (<2y)
• NCLEX license
• Completion of post baccalaureate RN
residency program
• Transition to competent nurse
 Long-term goals/strategies (3-5yrs)
• Gain experience throughout residency
program and practice in high acuity care
• Become charge nurse and build a strong
and compassionate team
 Unit leadership Abilities

Personal strengths
Short-term goal/strategies (<2y)
• Ability to work with different
• Develop delegating skills
personalities
• Adapt to change and growth
• Willingness to listen
• Relationship building
• Selfless
Opportunities for improvement Long-term goals/strategies (3-5yrs)
• Direction/Delegation • Charge RN
• Trust others with assigned tasks • Student nurse preceptor
 Professional Development
Short-term goals/strategies (≤ 2y)
• NCLEX- RN License
• Critical Care Nurse certification
(CCRN)
• Join Professional Organizations
• American Nurse Association (ANA)
• American Association of Critical-
Care Nurses (AACN)
• Academy of Medical-Surgical
Nurses (AMSN)
Long-term goals/strategies (3-5y)
• Advance my education
• Master Degree in Nursing
• Forensic Nurse. SANE exam
• Flight Nurse. CFRN exam
• Leadership
• Charge nurse
Management/Leadership Book Selection
Your First Year as a Nurse by Donna Cardillo

• Your New Career

• Becoming a Team Member
• Patients, Families, and Physicians
• Challenges
• Taking Your Career to the Next Level
 Leadership Role Assignment
Becoming a charge RN
• 3 years experience as an RN
• Problem-solving skills
• Good clinical judgement
• Balance multiple situations at once
• Communication skills
• Patients/family/staff
Responsibilities
• Patient and staff stability and
efficacy
• Assign and direct patient care
• Delegate nurse assignments
• Staff scheduling
• Oversee admissions/discharges
• Monitor/order medication and
supplies
• Guidance/advice
• Evaluate /document staff
performance
 Professional/Community Activities

• Orange Grove Senior Care

• Medication administration
• Hands on care and comfort
• 12-hour shift
• Prioritization
• Time management
 Higher Education/Continuing Education

• Personal aspirations
• Positive relationships
• Short-term goals/strategies (≤ 2y)
• Persistence
• NCLEX
• Learn healthy ways to cope
• RN role experience
with stress
• On the job training
• Potential opportunities
• Further my education through
• Long-term goals/strategies (3-5y)
VA programs
• Masters' degree in Nursing
• Skills training programs
• Forensic nurse
• Education incentives
• Flight Nurse
• Scholarships
• Loan repayment programs
 Visual Timeline of Goals
-NCLEX -Practice as RN -Charge RN and
RN License/ in high acuity student nurse
-Start PBRNR specialty preceptor
VA Program ( ICU/OR) - Continue education

3-6 mo.
1 year
2 years
3 years
4 years
5 years
>
-Transition -Gained enough -Masters Degree in
into RN role knowledge and Nursing
At VA experience for leadership -Flight Nurse
hospital in charge RN role -Forensic Nurse
 References:

Cardillo, D. W. (2022). Your first year as a nurse: Making the transition from total novice

to successful professional. Crown.

How to become a flight nurse. NurseJournal. (2022, June 24).

https://nursejournal.org/careers/flight-nurse/how-to-become/

How to become a forensic nurse. Nurse.org. (n.d.).

https://nurse.org/resources/forensic-nurse/