PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT
By: Samantha S. Kennepohl
Professor Mary O’Connell
December 3, 2023
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

01 02 03 04
Direct Patient Professional Management &
Unit Leadership
Care Development Leadership

05 06 07 08
Leadership Professional Continuing Timeline of
Shadow Activity Education Goals
 01. DIRECT PATIENT CARE ABILITIES
▪ Stengths
▪ Assessment, therapeutic relationships, confidence, direct patient care, critical thinking.
▪ Opportunities to Improve
▪ Prioritization, efficiency, multi-patient assignments, interprofessional communication.
▪ Short-Term Goals (≤ 2 years)
▪ I will obtain my Advanced Care Life Support (ACLS) within 1 year of working.
▪ I will obtain my Certified Wound Care Nurse (CWCN) within 2 years or working.
▪ Long-Term Goals (3-5 years)
▪ I will obtain my Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE-A) after 2 years of experience and
within 3 years of working.
▪ After 4-5 years I will apply to enroll in either a MSN or DNP program with a Adult-
Gerontology Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (AGACNS) focus.
▪ Integrative Modality
▪ “Integrative Nursing is person-centered and relationship-based.”
 02. UNIT LEADERSHIP ABILITIES
STRENGTHS AREAS TO IMPROVE
o Communication o Delegation
o Empathy o Presenting ideas to
leadership
o Awareness
o Plan development

SHORT-TERM GOALS LONG-TERM GOALS

o Become involved in quality o I will become a preceptor
improvement projects after 3 years and proven
within one year on the competency on the unit.
unit. o I will become a charge nurse
o Participate in and provide within 5 years and proven
educational trainings competency on the unit.
within 2 years of being on
the unit
03. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Current Organizational Membership:
▪ American Nurses Association (ANA) and Sigma Theta Tau.

Short-term Goals:
▪ Become a member of Clinicians in Abortion Care (CIAC), WOCN Society, and
International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN).
▪ Obtain CWCN and SANE-A credentials.
Long-term Goals:
▪ Become Legal Nurse Consultant certified (LNCC).
▪ Obtain credentials as a Clinical Nurse Specialist; Adult-Gerontology (ACCNS-
AG).
▪ Become a member of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
04. MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP LITERATURE
Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
o WHY: Defines being a leader as someone who
takes responsibility for finding the potential in
people and has the courage to develop it.

o STRENGTHS: people-centered, confidence.

o WHERE TO IMPROVE: being willing to be

vulnerable with myself and experiences.

o IMPACT: “the courage to be vulnerable is not

about winning or losing, it’s about the courage
to show up when you can’t predict or control
the outcome”
 05. LEADERSHIP
ASSIGNMENT
The role selected for the Leadership Shadow
Experience was that of a wound care nurse.
From observation, wound care nursing is
applicable in outpatient and bedside settings.

Gives nurses unique opportunities to support

patients in a very intimate, sometimes
physically painful period and has the potential
for education that can improve patient's lives.

Wound care has implications throughout an

entire hospital system and can help manage
hospital expenses and promote better patient
outcomes.
 06. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY ASSIGNMENT
Activity: Healthcare Professional’s Core Resource on Alcohol:
Knowledge, Impacts, Strategies
• Created by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
to help those in clinical practice learn EBP resources to help patients with
alcohol-related concerns.

• My past personal experience and what I observed during clinical influenced

my decision to select this course for my professional activity assignment.

• This training fills knowledge gaps, references up-to-date screening tools,

provides clarity, and aims to reduce stigma surrounding alcohol-related
problems. This can help create a better support system of care.
 HIGHER EDUCATION GOALS
Personal Aspirations
• to be happy and hopefully figure out what my true interests are.
Potential Opportunities
• Scholarships
• Funding for certifications through professional organizations.
Short-term Goals
• After two years of work experience apply for SANE-A training and
consider researching higher education programs.
• Participate in research and prevalence studies within the hospital.
Long-term Goals
• Enroll in an MSN or DNP program within 5 years of beginning my
journey.
• Determine what exactly I want to be when I “grow up”.
 TIMELINE OF GOALS

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

CWCN; education
1st nursing job; SANE-A; research
and QI projects;
ACLS MSN/DNP
precepting

Year 4 Year 5+
ACCNS-AG; clinical
Charge nurse (?)
instructor (?)