N 479 Professional Development Grid/Plan

Name: ___Devyn Weber______

Date: Fall 2015

In 3-5 years I see myself working as an RN in the Trauma ICU at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix and at the beginning stages of the
BSN to DNP program.
Area
Direct
Patient Care
Leadership

Unit Related
Leadership

Strengths

Weakness/ Opportunity for

Improvement
- Interprofessional collaboration - Delegation
- Compassionate bedside manner - Time management
- Patient advocacy
- Opportunity for Improvement:
- Passion for nursing
Integrate evidence-based nursing
interventions into patient care.

- Ability to float to different units - Lack of confidence when reporting to

with quick orientation and
physicians due to lack of
flexible adaptability.
experience as a nurse.
- Professional and outgoing
- Prioritizing personal responsibilities
personality that is openwhen presented with a plethora of
minded and welcoming of
patient care tasks.
change.

Professional
Nursing
Development:
Organizations,
Journals/
Certifications

Short term goals/ strategies

Present-2years
Goal: Gain confidence in
knowledge and patient advocacy.

Long term goals/ strategies

3-5 years
Goal: Improve delegation skills.

Strategy: Ask for support from

nurses with more experience and
practice confidence when caring for
patients and collaborating with
physicians.
Goal: Gain delegation and
leadership experience as a charge
nurse before furthering my degree.

Strategies: Practice delegation

with the tech on the unit in addition
to delegating to other nurses when
absolutely necessary.

Strategy: Shadow a charge nurse

prior to working multiple shifts as
the charge nurse.
Goal:
- Critical Care Registered Nurse
(CCRN) Certification

Strategy:
- Enroll in and complete the CCRN
course
N 479
Book Selection
(Based on
strengths and
weaknesses)

In Cardillos (2010) book titled

Your 1st year as a Nurse:
Making the Transition from a
Total Novice to a Successful
Professional, being proactive in
education and orientation is
emphasized as an extremely
important factor in the
successful transition to
becoming a nurse. Cardillo
continues to explain this
importance with the concept

As stated in Cardillos (2010) book

titled Your 1st year as a Nurse:
Making the Transition from a Total
Novice to a Successful Professional,
strategies for becoming a competent
and confident nurse take time and
require realistic expectations.
Cardillo emphasizes that in order to
lead a successful path as a new nurse,
it is important to become immersed
in the nursing community, be
proactive, be sociable, ask a lot of

Goal: Use leadership experience to

effectively and frequently work as
a charge nurse.
Strategy: In working as the charge
nurse, I will work with the team of
nurses and other staff to ensure that
tasks are completed effectively and
efficiently.
Goal:
- Trauma Nurse Core Course
(TNCC) Certification
- Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses
(ATCN) Certification
Strategy:
- Enroll in and complete the
respective courses prior to
enrolling in the DNP program.

Leadership
Shadowing
Experience

Professional
Activity/
Community
Service

that the new nurse should not

only become submerged in the
orientation and learning curve
of being a new nurse, but to
play an active role in this phase
and to not simply sit back and
follow the guidance of others
without interest or motivation
(Cardillo, 2010). I can use this
guidance and instruction in my
first year of orientation as a
nurse, in addition to the
following years as an
experienced nurse. I believe
that it is always necessary to
enjoy what you are doing and
have a passion for your work,
because without this passion or
drive, the job becomes tedious
and chore-like, leading with
annoyance and closemindedness.
- Approximately 8 hours of
leadership experience in
shadowing a Palliative Care
Nurse Practitioner in the
Acute Care setting.
- Able to demonstrate beginning
stages of leadership and
organization among peers.
- Attended a Leadership
Intensive hosted by the
College of Nursing for 5
hours
- Attended a Mass Casualty Care
Class for 4 hours
- BSN Representative for the
College of Nursing Alumni
Council
- BSN Representative for the
Entry and Professional
Advancement subcommittee for the
Curriculum and Instructional
Support Committee.
- Former Treasurer of the
student-run nursing club
titled Student Nurses at the
University of Arizona.

questions, and indulge in the

challenging process of becoming a
confident nurse. I believe that in
order to be successful and most
beneficial for the patients, it is
important for a nurse to work on
himself or herself as a person in
addition to expanding their
knowledge and experience as a new
nurse. This is something that I can
actively work on as a new nurse in a
new work place, and this book has
provided me with constructive
criticism and advice on how to
improve not only myself, but also the
care for my patients. Positivity and
motivation are essential aspects in
the successful transition to becoming
a professional nurse even when you
begin to question yourself and your
purpose (Cardillo, 2010).
- Did not have the opportunity to
shadow a charge nurse and see the
associated requirements and
responsibilities.
- Did not have the opportunity to
shadow the nurse manager and see
the responsibilities of helping to
manage one unit.
- Maximum of 5 hours per event,
therefore creating a limited
amount of exposure to the
professional activities.
- These activities did not count for
Continuing Education hours.

Education:
Cont. Nrsg.
Educ. and/or
plans for
Higher Educ.

- Extensive communityvolunteering experience.

- Motivated to expand
knowledge and experience.
- Values importance and
significance of furthering
clinical education.

- Financial hardships
- Fear of level of professionalism and
responsibility with DNP degree
- Time commitment
- Desire for a family

Goal:
- Attend Kaplan NCLEX review
course
- Pass NCLEX and receive licensure
- Seek out additional certification
programs relative to trauma.

Goal:
- Complete BSN to DNP program
degree transition.

Strategy:
- Voice plans to further degree early
in employment.
Strategy:
- Search for and obtain information
- Attend Kaplan NCLEX review
about enrolling in, receiving
course
financial assistance, and
- Research, enroll in, attend, and pass
completing the DNP program.
certification courses.