Professional Development

Presentation :
Kaitlin Ulias
NURS 479 Transition to the Professional Nursing Role
 Direct Patient Care Abilities
Short term goals?

Personal Strengths? Areas for improvement? ● Provide EOL care

● Increase confidence
● Patient advocacy ● Medication with patient care
● Problem solving competency
● Respectfulness ● Organizational skills Long Term goals?
● Flexibility ● Asking for help ● Work with pediatric
patients
● Move to an ICU unit
 Direct Patient Care Abilities - Integrative modalities used
in practice
● Meditation
● Deep breathing
techniques
● Yoga

(American Holistic Nurses Association, 2020)

 Unit Leadership Abilities
Short term goals?
● Build relationships
Personal Strengths? ● Determine my limits
Areas for improvement?
● Assertiveness Long Term goals?
● Saying no when I have
● Team player
too much on my plate ● Advance to a charge
● Cooperative
role
● Be a go-to person for
help
 Professional Development
Short term goals? Long term goals?

● Join the American Nurses ● Oncology certified nurse certificate

Association (ANA, 2017)
○ Stay informed, network,
resources
● Read 1 EBP journal every month
○ Stay up-to-date, take initiative
to continue my own education
○ Professional credibility, better
patient outcomes (ONC, 2021)
● Join the Arizona Nurses Association
○ Job opportunities, policy
change in AZ, continuing
education (ANA, 2022)
 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Why?
= I am a big advocate of habit making.
Structure leads to success - how can I
be mindful of habits I need to
incorporate to be successful?
Personal strengths addressed in
novel
● Thinking “win-win”
● Sharpening the saw
Areas for improvement
● Being proactive
● Putting first things first
Impact on professional growth
● Mindfulness
● Increased efficiency & better
outcomes
● Decreased risk for potential
burnout
Leadership Role Research : Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP)
Why PNP?
● Interest in pediatrics as a
long-term goal
● Furthering my education -
obtaining a doctoral degree
● More intimate and long-lasting
relationships with
patients/families
New understanding of PNP role!
● Requirements to apply and the
program options/process
● The PNP scope of practice
● Day-to-day responsibilities
● Impact on patient care
 Professional & Community Activity
Knowledge enhancement
Experiences/activities ● Day-to-day activities of a public
Shadowing a Women’s health nurse
● Patient population they encounter
Health Nurse Practitioner and extent of outreach
during my public health ● Resources available
clinical rotation. ● Impact they can have on the
community
 Continuing Education…
Short-term goals
Personal Aspirations
1. Begin working at the Mayo Clinic
Continue my education in a doctoral
upon passing my boards
program after completing 5-8 years
2. Work for 1-2 years on the
of bedside nursing.
hem/onc floor with adult patients

Potential opportunities Long-term goals

● John Hopkins School of Nursing 1. Apply & work on a pediatric
● University of Washington oncology floor
● University of Illinois - Chicago 2. Apply to a DNP program
 Goal Timeline!
January 2023 - 2025 - Apply and seek a position 2030-2032 - Apply to family
take & pass at the Phoenix Children’s Hospital clinics and begin career as a
boards, obtain (Oncology preferred, but other PNP or FNP upon graduating
license positions up for consideration) from the DNP program!

February 20th 2028-2030 - Apply/begin

- Mayo Clinic DNP online program
HEM/ONC (depending on where I am
med-surg accepted) emphasis on
start date peds/family medicine
 References
Arizona Nurses Association. (n.d.). Retrieved December 1, 2022, from https://aznurse.org/
Covey, S. R. (2004). The 7 habits of highly effective people. New York, NY: Free Press
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