PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

Nina Gallo
 Strengths: strong communication skills, caring
and compassionate, empathetic

Areas for improvement: attention to detail,

steep learning curve
DIRECT
PATIENT Short term goals: Form meaningful
relationships with my patients, become
CARE confident in my nursing skills
ABILITIES Long term goals: utilize evidence-based
practice in patient care, become a patient
advocate

Integrative Modalities: meditation and nature

 UNIT LEADERSHIP ABILITIES
• Personal Strengths: strong team player, trustworthy, good communicator
• Areas for improvement: dislike confrontation, overly critical of self
• Short term goals: become a preceptor to students within the next year,
mentor and orient new grad nurses
• Long term goals: become a charge nurse within the next 5 years, become
a part of a decision forming committee on my unit
 PRO FE SSION AL
D EV EL OPME NT
• Organization Membership: American Association
of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), National
Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN)
• Professional Certifications: CCRN Neonatal
Certification and Neonatal Resuscitation Program
(NRP)
• Short term Goals: join an organization targeted for
neonatal care, attend at least one conference within
the first year
• Long term Goals: maintain my CCRN for the next
5 years, join the Association of Nursing
Professional Development (ANPD) after 2 years of
practice
 MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP BOOK
SELECTION
• First Year Nurse: Wisdom, Warnings, and What I Wish I’d Known My
First 100 Days on the Job By Barbara Arnoldussen
• Why this book? Many recommendations and I wanted a book that would
provide helpful tips as a new grad
• Compliments strengths: discusses how to form relationships and
communicate with others on the unit
• Addresses areas of improvement by providing reassurance that you will
not know everything as a new grad and it will take time
• I will use the tips given and implement them in my first year as a nurse
 I shadowed the This
Clinical Lead experience
of the NICU at confirmed my
St. Josephs goal to be a
LEADERSHIP Hospital NICU nurse
ROLE
ASSIGNMENT Enhanced my
knowledge of
I learned the
neonatal care
role of a CL
and the
and how they
leadership
impact the unit
opportunities
as a nurse
 S.T.A.B.L.E Program and
Certification

PROFESSIONAL Enhanced my knowledge on

ACTIVITY providing care and resuscitation of
EXPERIENCE sick infants

I will use this information in my

career as a NICU nurse
 HIGHER EDUCATION/CONTINUING
EDUCATION
• Personal aspirations
• Start in the NICU as new graduate
• Become confident and proficient in my nursing care abilities

• Continuing education: Masters in Nursing Education

• Short term goals: successfully complete my new nurse residency
program, continue my education by attending new grad courses
• Long term goals: become a DNP in Neonatal Nursing within the next 5
years of practice, attend educational conferences every year for the next 5
years
 VISUAL TIMELINE
Successfully
complete my new
Form meaningful Become a preceptor Join an organization
nurse residency
relationships with my to students within the targeted for neonatal
program, and
patients, and become next year, and mentor care, and attend at
continue my
confident in my nursing and orient new grad least one conference
education by
skills nurses within the first year
attending new grad
courses
Become a DNP in
Become a charge Maintain my CCRN for Neonatal Nursing within
Utilize evidence-based the next 5 years, and join
nurse within the next the next 5 years of
practice in patient care, the Association of practice, and attend
5 years, and become Nursing Professional
and become a patient educational conferences
a part of a decision Development (ANPD)
advocate every year for the next 5
forming committee after 2 years of practice years