Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Development
NURS 479
Direct Patient Care Abilities
Personal Strengths
Empathy Short-term Goals
Attention to Detail Be able to efficiently chart
Team Player Safely delegate tasks as needed
Critical Thinking Long-term Goals
Opportunities for Improvement Be a strong advocate for my
Time Management patients
IV Starts Be confident in my abilities to take
care of high acuity patients in
emergent situations
Massage
Music therapy
Integrative
Modalities/
Principals
Mindful Meditation
Unit Leadership Abilities
Personal Strengths Short-term Goals
Effective Communication skills Master effective delegation
Adaptable and reliable Shadow unit leaders in roles that
Respect for others Focus on Building Relationships with staff
Opportunities for Improvement Long-term Goals
Strategic delegation Become a student preceptor
Ability to motivate others Become an instructor for an ACLS
certification course
Professional Development
Short-Term
Land a job in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) following
graduation
Become an advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) instructor
Join the AACN (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses) and
attend at least one conference
Long-Term
Become a travel nurse
Graduate from an accredited CRNA program
Management Leadership
Book Selection
• Why? Strong title and emphasis on
leadership and career development
• How does it compliment my strengths? Self-
motivation and effective listening skills
• Areas of improvement after reading:
Understanding the impact of respectful
feedback and being a motivational and
selfless leader.
• Impact/Benefit in my growth: Contribute to
my success as a leader and will provide me
with effective strategies to advance my
career.
Leadership Role Assignment
Role chosen: Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
Why? Long-term goal of becoming an CRNA
What did I learn?
The steps that I need to take professionally to meet this long term goal of
becoming a CRNA
The evolution of this profession and the increasing need for CRNA’s in this
generation
The positive impact that CRNA’s have on patient outcomes and and pain
management strategies.
Activity Chosen: The Science of Wellbeing by Yale
University
• A course that outlines the science of happiness and
helps to implement specific strategies of wellbeing into
practice.
• I learned strategies to help empower myself to work to
Professional/ be the best version of myself, maintain happiness and
Community build meaningful relationships.
Activities • I have learned how to differentiate between the things
that I believe will make me happy versus what will
actually make me happy.
• I have learned self-care strategies to engage in to
mitigate burn out and allow me build strong therapeutic
relationships with my patients.
Higher Education/Continuing Education