Professional

Development

Tania Valencia
University of Arizona

Direct Patient
Care
Short term goal:
Strengths:
Quickly develop great
rapport with patients.
Great bedside manner.

I will obtain a job in an

ED & asked to be
placed in the trauma
zones as my daily
assignment to gain
experience and
increase comfort level.

Areas of Opportunity:

Long term goal:

Being comfortable
while working in code
situations.

To become trauma
certified and gain the
ability to chart codes.

Unit Related
Leadership
Short Term Goal:
Strengths:
organized, task
oriented, & excellent
communication skills

Improve conflict
management skills by
reading and achieving
personal growth

Areas of
Opportunity:

Long Term Goal:

Development of
conflict- resolution
skills

Utilize my strengths
& personal growth to
be an excellent charge
nurse

Professional Nursing
Development

Short Term Goal:

Become a member of the Emergency Nurses

Association (ENA) & attend meetings
regularly.

Long Term Goal:

Read, learn, & implement any acquired

knowledge from the ENA Journal into my
everyday patient care & interactions

The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a

Leader: Becoming the Person Others
Want to Follow
Complimented Strengths:
By: John C. Maxwell
Passion: Concentrate on what
you do well & do it better than
anyone else.
Positive attitude: Your people
are a mirror of your attitude.
Areas for professional growth:
Courage: You gain strength,
courage, & confidence by every
experience in which you really
stop to look fear in the face.
(Maxwell, 1999)

Leadership Shadowing
Experience

Shannon Hickey, RN, BSN

Strengths:

I observed many qualities the charge nurse

had were the same as mine. She was very
organized, approachable, likeable, & had
strong conflict management skills.

Areas of Opportunity:

While shadowing the charge nurse I

validated my feelings of needing
improvement in my conflict management

Professional
Activity

Strengths:

Attending an ACLS class enhanced my

knowledge on the subject tremendously. I feel
that by attending this class I was better prepared
for my intense preceptorship in the Emergency
Department (ED).

Areas of Opportunity:

Upon completion of the class & hands on training

I realized that I needed to continue practicing
this skill if even in a skill lab setting in order to
solidify the new skill.

Education
Short Term Goal:
Continue obtaining
Strengths:
different certifications
such as: Certified
Self realization: I have
Pediatric Emergency
the ability to seek out a
Nurse and Trauma
mentor; someone with
certification
similar goals and
personality as me to
Long Term Goal:
help guide my way
towards my goal.
Attend graduate
school and pursue a
Areas of Opportunity:
career as a nurse
practitioner
Decide on a specialty
area to pursue as a

Timeline
April
March 2018
Become
2018
Become a highly
March
a CEN sought
2016
after
Dec
Obtain
mentor
2015
job in an
&
Gradua Emergen
precept
te &
cy Room
or with
pass
great

August
2018
Begin
NP
progra
m

References

Maxwell, J.C. (1999). 21 Indispensible qualities

of a leader: Becoming the person others will
want to follow. Nashville, TN: Thomas
Nelson, Inc.