Enjoying Professional

Success
Presented by: Ms. Ameera Attar

Ms. Ameera Attar

Chapter 24
After reading this lecture , you will have
the information needed to:

• Describe opportunities for career

development and advancement for nurse
assistants.

• The process of leaving a job and leaving

interview.

• How to make a difference.

What is Career Development Meaning?
Career development is the process of managing life, learning and
work over the lifespan.

Career development goals are objectives to improve your skills and

motivation. You can combine your personal interests with skills or
performance goals to achieve success at work.
DEVELOPING YOUR CAREER
• Lifelong Learning
1. Once on the job, you will have the chance to learn new skills, new methods
of providing care and new reasons for doing things a certain way.
2. It is crucial to keep up to date with new information and to incorporate this
information into your practice as a nurse assistant.
3. Make an effort to continuously increase your knowledge.
4. Ask the nurse about new techniques or equipment that you see being used.
5. Become a member of professional organizations for nurse assistants, such
as the National Network of Career Nursing Assistant.
• Opportunities for Professional Growth
Although many people enjoy long and fulfilling
careers as nurse assistants, training and working as
a nurse assistant is excellent preparation for other
careers in the health care field as well.

For example, you may decide that you want to go

back to school to become a licensed
practical/vocational nurse or a registered nurse.
Or, maybe you will want to receive additional
training to work in one of the emerging roles in
health care.
• Patient care technician (PCT).
In addition to the basic skills needed to be a nurse
assistant, PCT training may include training in more
advanced nursing skills (such as checking blood-glucose
levels and inserting or removing indwelling urinary
catheters), skills related to drawing blood samples
(phlebotomy), and skills related to obtaining and
monitoring electrocardiograms (ECGs).
• Medication aide.
Medication aide training builds on nurse
assistant training to provide additional
instruction in how drugs work in the body and
the safe administration of drugs. Medication
aides who complete the training are qualified to
administer certain drugs in certain settings
under the supervision of a licensed nurse.
perhaps you may decide to pursue another career
in health care that is not related to nursing at all.
Learning about the job responsibilities of other
members of the health care team can help you to
define goals for your own career, should you
decide that you want to branch out from nurse
assisting.
What are examples of typical career goals?

• Increase professional knowledge and training. ...

• Increase earnings. ...
• Improve low-functioning work processes or relationships. ...
• Have new experiences. ...
• Attain a leadership role.
Leaving a Job
When you decide to leave a job,
• first speak with your supervisor about your intention to
leave and let him or her know when your last day will be.
• give your employer a minimum of 2 weeks’ notice so that
arrangements can be made for someone else to take on
your responsibilities after you are gone.
• Submit a formal resignation letter thanking your employer
for the opportunity to work at the organization and stating
your intention to end your employment and your intended
last day.
Leaving interview
Some employers will conduct an exit interview with you before you
leave. The purpose of this interview is
• to help employers understand why employees leave, so that they can
reduce employee loss and turnover.
• Although it is important to be honest about your reasons for leaving,
try to avoid speaking negatively or in an accusing way about the
organization, your supervisor, or your co- workers. You never know
who you will find yourself working with again in the future.
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Along the way, you will discover just how rewarding caregiving can be.
It might happen when you are discharging a person home.
It might happen after giving a distressed family member some time and
comfort.
It might happen when a person you took care of comes back just to see
you.
That person may look into your eyes and take your hand.
Then the most wonderful thing that can happen to a nurse assistant
will happen to you.
• The person will say, “Thank you. You made it easier. You are a great
nurse assistant.” You have the ability to make a significant difference
in the lives of those in your care and their family members. Always
remember this, and try every day, with every person in your care, to
be the best nurse assistant you can.
Small Changes That Will Make a Big
Difference in Your Life
• Mind your mind. Your thoughts drive how you feel. ...
• Separate how you feel from what you do. ...
• Stop comparing. ...
• Claim time for yourself at the start of each day. ...
• Do something new every week. ...
• Listen even when you want to talk. ...
• Battle the addiction to being right.