Kyra Barstad

Professional Development
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 INTEGRATIVE STRENGTHS SHORT TERM
PRACTICE - Empathy GOALS (< 2 years)
- Effort to understand - Patient advocate - Evidence-based practice
patient story in addition to - Organization - Understand unit
diagnosis - Communication resources
- Integrative Principle # 4 - Time management

OPPORTUNITIES LONG TERM GOALS

FOR IMPROVEMENT (2-5 years)
- Self-confidence - Prioritization
- Time management - Improve confidence
Direct Patient - Prioritization - Enhance autonomy

Care Abilities
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 STRENGTHS SHORT TERM
- Eager to learn from others GOALS (< 2 years)
- Active listening - Delegate effectively
- Values each member of the - Participate in unit
healthcare team leadership by providing
constructive feedback
Unit Leadership
Abilities
OPPORTUNITIES LONG TERM GOALS
FOR IMPROVEMENT (2-5 years)
- Effective delegation - Become preceptor
- Knowing when to ask for - Think about possibility
help of becoming a charge
nurse

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 Organizations, Journals, and Certifications

Short-term Goals (< 2 years) Long-term Goals (2-5 years)

● Maintain BLS certification ● Gain certifications in a focused
● Subscribe to a nursing journal field within nursing
● Become a member of the ● Continue membership with the
American Nurses Association ANA

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Leadership Book
Selection

The New Nurse Survival Guide: Survive and

Thrive as a New Nurse By Jon Haws RN
Areas for Improvement
● Confidence talking to physicians
● Balance between complex thinking
and remembering humanity in
patients
● Work-life balance
Benefits To Personal Growth
● How to be prepared both mentally
and with supplies
● When to take time off
● How to communicate with other
nurses
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 Leadership Shadowing

Knowledge Gained Opportunities for Improvement

● Responsibilities of a nursing
house supervisor
● Experience needed to become
an RN house supervisor
● Role in scheduling and staffing
● Streamlining unit functioning
● Continued growth in
knowledge of nurse leadership
● Confidence in communicating
with nurse leaders
● Knowledge and confidence to
one day become a nurse leader

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Professional
Activities
Knowledge Gained
● Continuous growth in knowledge of patient
care for those with respiratory complications
● Measures being taken to care for patients with
COVID-19
● Importance of self-care and gratitude
● Methods to maintain happiness in my own life
 Personal Aspirations
- Graduate college with a
BSN
- Work as a good nurse in an
area that challenges and
Continuing fulfills me
- Further my education
Education and
Higher Education
Potential
in Nursing Opportunities
- New graduate nurse
residency program
- CECs
- Skills certifications
- On the job training
Short Term Goals
(< 2 years)
- Become a good nurse by
learning everyday
- Specialize in a specific
area of nursing
Long Term Goals
(2-5 years)
- Become a nurse
practitioner
- Doctorate in Nursing
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 Professional Development Timeline

May 2020 August 2022 August 2025

Graduate with Specialize in an Begin taking
a BSN and area of nursing classes to
register to take through become a nurse
the NCLEX certifications practitioner
and CECs

August 2023
August 2020
Feel confident as
Begin working a nurse and
at a hospital assume nursing
through a new leadership
grad residency positions

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 References

Haws, J. (2018). The New Nurse Survival Guide: Survive and Thrive as a New Nurse. Place of publication not
identified: NRSNG, LLC.

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