PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT
By: Shianne Evans
 Direct Patient Care Abilities
Personal strengths
◦ Ability to connect and build a therapeutic
relationship with patients
◦ Good body mechanical skills
◦ Ability to resolve conflicts with difficult patients
Long term goals/strategies
◦ Have a full understanding of different
chemotherapy drugs
◦ Improve education skills on different types of
cancer to explain to patients

Opportunities for improvement Integrative Modality

◦ Time management
◦ Critical thinking and assessing priorities
Short term goals/strategies
◦ Further my time management skills to assist with make them feel more comfortable
planning priorities
◦ Use 6 rights to prevent medication errors
◦ #4: Integrative nursing is patient-centered and
relationship-based
◦ Building a therapeutic relationship to promote a
positive environment for the patient
◦ Learning patient preferences and routines to
◦ Treating them as a person, not just a room
number or diagnosis
 Unit Leadership Abilities
Personal Strengths Short term goals/strategies
◦ Ability to take direction ◦ Observe charge nurse, supervisor, and other
leaders’ strategies
◦ Appropriate delegation
◦ Have monthly meetings with supervisor about
◦ Willingness to help others
progress to build a healthy relationship

Opportunities for Improvement

Address Long term goals/strategies
◦ Learning how to potentially be a charge nurse
◦ Train for the role of a resource nurse
◦ Bridging authority-power gap
◦ Improve abilities to help nursing students or new
graduate RNs learn
Professional Development
Addresses Short term goals/strategies
◦ Receive my RN license after passing the NCLEX
◦ Become chemotherapy certified
◦ Recertify for BLS and ACLS in two years if required

Addresses Long term goals/strategies

◦ Become a preceptor and mentor to students and/or new graduate RNs
◦ Potentially join a committee for a nursing/patient cause that I am interested in
 Leadership Book
◦ Bossypants by Tina Fey
◦ I chose this book because I enjoy comedy and was also
interested in hearing what she had to say about
achieving success
◦ Empowering women, embracing confidence, and being
an advocate for yourself
◦ Body image
◦ This is beneficial to my professional growth as it is a good
reminder to keep pushing and paving the way for those
to follow
Leadership Shadowing
◦ House Supervisor at Northwest Medical Center
◦ Role:
◦ Overseeing all units of the hospital
◦ Assisting with staff issues, administrative responsibilities, and patient care
◦ Aid in emergency situations
◦ Reliable and credible hospital resource
◦ What I learned:
◦ This job is essential for proper flow in the hospital
◦ How to bridge the authority-power gap
◦ Take a step back to view situation as a whole
Professional Activities
◦ Volunteering in the SILC lab
◦ Behind the scenes of SILC activities for previous courses
◦ Appreciation for SILC coordinators and volunteers
◦ Basic Life Support (BLS) Class
◦ Refresher on CPR
◦ Important to recertify every 2 years
◦ NURS 195 Student Panel
◦ Allowed reflection on past experiences
◦ Rewarding to help others
Continuing Education Plan
Personal Aspirations Short term goal/strategies
◦ Obtain my DNP ◦ Complete new grad RN classes at Northwest
Medical Center
◦ Teach nursing students and new grads
◦ Get certified to administer chemotherapy

Potential Opportunities
◦ Helping float nurses with patient tasks they
Long term goal/strategies
are not certified for ◦ Attend graduate school to obtain my DNP
◦ DNP program at UA while working part time ◦ Possibly consider teaching or becoming a
health educator
 MY TIMELINE

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

• Graduation
• Job applications
• Potentially • Apply for DNP
• Obtain RN license
move cities
• Attend new grad • Reconsider
RN classes at NW
specialty
• Learn how to
administer chemo

• BLS & ACLS • Apply to be a

recertification resource nurse
• Potentially start
precepting students