Professional Development

By Alize Bowman
 Personal Strengths:
Direct Patient Care ● Knowing Limitations
Abilities ● Compassion
● Communication
Short-Term Goals:
● Gain confidence and find a Areas for Improvement:
field I will enjoy. ● Time management
● Confidence
Long-Term Goals: ● Taking Initiative
● Have the confidence to
delegate and advocate. Integrative Principle:
● Principle #4
 Unit Leadership Abilities: Qualities

Motivating Effective Transformational

Climate Communicator Leadership
● Incentives ● Active Listening ● Motivate & Inspire
● Positive energy ● Empathy ● Role Model
● Clear Expectation ● Respect ● Innovation &
● Involve ● Encourage Input Creativity
Employees ● Equal ● Coach/Mentor
● Fairness communication
(O’Connell, 2022) (Hoogasian, 2022b) (Hoogasian, 2022a)
Unit Leadership Abilities: Reflection & Goals
Short-Term Goals: Strengths:
● Aid the unit by taking ● Compassion
initiative and sharing ● Listener
knowledge ● Organizational

Long-Term Goals: Areas of Improvement:

● Become a charge nurse ● Delegation
by 2030 ● Confidence
● Initiative
 Leadership Book
Why this book: Introvert!

Complement Strengths:
● Great Listener; Reflection
Identify weaknesses:
● Missing Opportunities; Inability to take
initiative

Application: Utilize strength & understand

weaknesses (Kahnweiler, 2022)
 Professional Development
Short-Term Goals: Long-Term Goals:
● Find a unit or field of interest ● Sign up for an official
within the nursing field during journal/organization for the
my residency/new graduate field I am working for
program ○ Example: American
Psychiatric Nurses
Association (APNA)
 Leadership Research Paper

Why this Role:

Psychiatric-Mental
● Passion about Mental Health
Health Nurse About:
Practitioner ● Advance Education: NP
(PMHNP) ● Improve quality of care
● Behavioral Health
 Professional Activity

Purpose:
● Educate on self-care &
The Science of Well-Being misunderstandings
Taught by:
Informed knowledge:
Laurie Santos ● Altered thinking; Perspective

Future Practice:
● More informed self-care
(Coursera, 2022) (Santos, 2022)
 Higher Education/Continuing Education

Personal Potential Education

Aspirations Opportunities Goals
● Gain Knowledge ● ANA Online Short-Term:
● Learn Skills Certifications ● Graduate the UofA
● Self-Care ● PMHNP BSN Program
● Advanced Practice Long-Term:
● Begin higher
education by 2030
 Begin Begin smaller
Graduate UofA
residency at education
BSN
the VA opportunities

December January- ~2030 or

March 2023 March 2024 ~2028
2022 February 2023 Beyond

Pass NCLEX Finish

Begin nurse
and get RN residency and
practitioner
Licensure work within a
program
specific unit
 References

Coursera.(2022) Coursera Logo. [Photograph]. Coursera. https://www.coursera.org/

Hoogasian, S., (2022a, September 07). Decision making, management and

leadership. [In-person Lecture]. UofA: College of Nursing, AZ, United States.

Hoogasian, S., (2022b, September 14). Communication. [In-person Lecture]. UofA:

College of Nursing, AZ, United States.

 References
Kahnweiler, J. B., (2018), The Introverted Leader: Building on Your Quiet Strength.
(2nd ed.). Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Kreitzer, M. J. & Koithan, M. (2014). Integrative nursing [eBook edition]. New York:

Oxford Press. ProQuest.

O’Connell, M., (2022, October 12). Creating a motivating climate. [Online Lecture].

Panopto.
 References

Santos, L. (2022). The science of well-being. Coursera.

https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being