Professional

Development
University of Arizona: College of Nursing
Angela Schiltz
 Direct Patient Care Abilities
Areas for Improvement
Strengths
● Assessments ● Refine foundational technical skills
● Medication Administration ● Prioritization
● Organized ● Critical thinking

Integrative Modality
● “Integrative nursing is person-centered and relationship-
based” (Kreitzer, 2015)
 Direct Patient Care Abilities
Short-term Goals Long-term Goals
● Receive Advanced Cardiovascular ● Strengthen critical thinking skills
Life Support Certification (ACLS) within 3 years on the unit
within 6 months of starting nurse
residency ● Become confident in prioritizing my
patient assignment by 3 years on the
● Master technical skills within 6 unit
months on the unit
 Unit Leadership Abilities
Strengths
● Team player, respect, delegation
Short-term Goals
● Preceptor within 2 years of being on
the unit
● Become confident in saying no within
1 year of being on the unit
Areas for
Improvement
● Knowing when to say no,
communication with providers
Long-term Goals
● Charge nurse after working on the
unit for 3 years
● Become confident with
communicating with providers after
working on the unit for 3 years
 Professional Development Goals
Short-term Goals Long-term Goals
● Join the National Association of ● Become Maternal Newborn
Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON) within Nurse (MNN) by 5 years of
2 years of working on the unit working
● Become Orthopaedic Clinical Nurse ● Join the Association of Women’s
Specialist-Certified (OCNS-C) by 2 Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal
years of working on the unit Nurses (AWHONN) by 4 years of
working
 Leadership Book

Bossypants:
● This book discusses how women shouldn’t give in to society’s
expectations
● This book touches on having high expectations with creating
ideas that we don’t see as good enough
● It explains how she is human and has to juggle difficult
decisions
(Fey, 2011)
 Leadership Shadowing Experience

● Charge Nurse/ Clinical Nurse Leader Role

○ A resource on the unit to answer questions or concerns about
patient care
○ Creates shift assignments for short staffed shifts
○ Balancing care for multiple patients, normal charge duties, and
assisting brain attack team (BAT)
 Professional Activity

● The Healthcare Professional’s Core Resource on Alcohol

○ I chose this course to expand my knowledge on alcohol and
alcohol use disorder (AUD)
○ I learned what counts as a standard drink, the medical
complications, and the alcohol-medication interactions
○ Treatment for AUD is not a “one size fits all”
 Continuing Education: Opportunities

Personal Aspirations Potential

● Become a confident, well
rounded nurse with patient
and family care
● Refine my technical skills as
a nurse
Opportunities
● Certified Registered Nurse in
Maternal Newborn Nursing
(RN-MNN)
● Operating room nurse
 Continuing Education: Goals

Short-term Goals Long-term Goals

● Take Spanish courses to become
fluent in Spanish within 2 years
● ACLS certified within 2 years
● Enroll in doctor of nurse
practice (DNP) program by 5
years
● Maternal Newborn Nursing
certification by 5 years
 Timeline of Goals
Competent in Charge DNP
Spanish
technical Nurse Program
Education
skills Preceptor

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

OCNS-C AWHONN RN-MNN

ACLS Become confident in
certified critical thinking,
NAON communication skills,
and prioritizing
 Resources
Fey, T. (2011). Bossypants. Little, Brown and Company.

Kreitzer, M. J. (2015). Integrative Nursing: Application of Principles Across

Nurse Clinical Settings. Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 6(2),
e0016. https://dooi.org/10.5041/RMMJ.10200.