Professional Development Plan

BY RYAN TARR
 Patient Care Skills

Strengths Short term goals/strategies

 Compassionate • Improve efficiency and
overall dynamic
 Personalized understanding of ER
Opportunities for patient care
Improvement Long term goals/ strategies
 Timely documentation • Increased patient
satisfaction of care
Integrative modality
• Deep Breathing
• Music Therapy
 Leadership Qualities

Strengths Short term goals/strategies

 Critical Thinker • Gain two years of bedside ER
 Resilient
experience.
Opportunities for Long term goals/strategies
Improvement • Charge or Preceptor role
 Remember Self-Care
 Professional Development

Short term goals/strategies

 Subscribe to an ER or critical care nursing
association
 Attend at least 1 conference a year
Long term goals/ strategies
 Serve on a Committee for Patient Care
 The Disease to Please: Curing the People-
Pleasing Syndrome

Complimented
 To better think and view Self-Care
 Understand what I need to do has equal importance
 Aided resilience by working through emotions
Professional Growth
 To not fear denial
 Never expect someone “should” act a certain way
(Braiker, 2002).
 Leadership Shadow Experience

Emergency Room Charge Nurse

 Enhanced my knowledge
 Developed a global understanding of department

 Patient movement, prioritization, and assignments

 Hospital/Bed management
 Unit accountability
 Time management
 Professional Activity Experience

Redefining Safe Conference

 Reporting and identifying child abuse
 Laws and Regulations for health care providers

 Physical Signs/Symptoms

 How to approach a traumatized child/adolescent

 Reducing mental health stigma

 Encourage sharing of feelings

 Educate about illnesses

 Continuing Education

 Personal Aspirations  Short term goal/strategies

 CEN / CCRN  Take TNCC after 1 year
 TNCC of employment
 Masters degree - FNP  Attain my CEN or
 Potential Opportunities
CCRN after 2 years
 Long term goal/strategies
 CRNA
 Start online FNP
courses in 3-4 years
 Timeline

6 years

FNP
completion
Travel nurse
&
Serve on a
Committee Start online
FNP course
Take CEN or & work
CCRN Attain
Take TNCC certification
Charge or
& Preceptor
Attain ER or
ICU Nursing Subscribe to role
position nursing
journal

Present
 Reference

 Braiker, B. H. (2002). The disease to please: Curing

the people-pleasing syndrome. New York, NY:
McGraw-Hill Professional