PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP

DEVELOPMENT
Jessica Oh
University of Arizona - College of Nursing
Direct Patient Care
Personal Strengths
◦ Emotional Intelligence
◦ Empathetic
◦ Wise
◦ Hopeful
Opportunities for Improvement
◦ Naïve
◦ Over Analyzing
◦ Prioritizing Patient Needs
Direct Patient Care cont.
Short Term Goals/Strategies Long Term Goals/Strategies
◦ Find an organizational tool for the ◦ Serve as a preceptor to students
specific unit in the hospital ◦ Be apart of evidenced based
◦ Become familiar with the unit research
◦ Build rapport relationships with
patients
Unit Leadership
Personal Strengths Opportunities for Improvement
◦ Adaptable ◦ Hesitant
◦ Confident ◦ Soft-spoken
◦ Open-minded ◦ Delegation
◦ Research Oriented
Unit Leadership cont.
Short Term Goals/Strategies
◦ Build rapport relationships with co-
workers
◦ Further training to be a charge nurse
◦ Participate and initiate “huddles”
Long Term Goals/Strategies
◦ Be consistent in attending meetings
and conferences about leadership
◦ Become a nurse preceptor
 Professional Development
Short Term Goals Long Term Goals Strategies
◦ Pass NCLEX ◦ Continue education to ◦ Short Term Goals
◦ Accept a job in PCU or achieve a DNP ◦ Study with Kaplan and U-World
ICU from a prestigious ◦ Attend conferences ◦ Apply to RN Residency in Phoenix
hospital in Phoenix, nationwide about nursing ◦ Keep Davis Drug Guide and utilize
Micromedex
Arizona ◦ Participate in homeless
◦ Long Term Goals
◦ Become knowledgeable outreach
◦ Apply to DNP program at UofA
on routine medications
◦ Scout for conferences and meetings
on unit about nursing
◦ Scout for outreach sites and clinics
that specialize in homelessness
 Leadership Book and Rationale
◦ Main Points from the Book (Sinek, 2017)
◦ “Circle of Safety”
◦ “Autonomy matters”
◦ “All about happy chemicals”
◦ “It takes time”
◦ Guide to Personal Strengths and Improvements
◦ Safety = Empathy
◦ Need to represent as someone who is courageous
◦ Provide protection
◦ Be responsible for employees
◦ “Lead the people, not the number”
Leadership Book and Rationale
◦ Beneficial to Personal Professional Growth
◦ The reason why I chose this book was because it humanizes and personalizes
“leadership”.
◦ Brings in culture and diversity into leadership
◦ Realistic
◦ “Leadership is not a license to do less; it is a responsibility to do more.” (Sinek,
2017).
Leadership Shadowing Experience
◦ Role of Rapid Response Team
◦ Assess patient’s situations at bedside during critical conditions
◦ Coordinates teams involved in rapid response calls, such as physicians and nurses
◦ Assist in stabilizing patients
◦ Rationale for Experience
◦ Gain experience in rapid responses and codes
◦ Participate in interdisciplinary teamwork
◦ Benefits to Professional Growth
◦ Gain critical thinking skills
◦ Experience how all healthcare staff work together
Professional Activity Choice
◦ SILC Lab Volunteer Experience
◦ Organizational skills
◦ Became familiar with the supplies needed in the hospital
◦ Talking with students who are nervous about the next semester
◦ IPEP – St. Luke’s Home
◦ Communication with interdisciplinary members
◦ Teamwork among all members
◦ Patience when working with elders who are hard of hearing
 Timeline of Goals
• Study for one DNP/FNP
month/Partici
pate in Kaplan New • Continue
class Grad education at UofA
• Take NCLEX Program • Train to become a to obtain FNP
late-June and • Start New Grad charge nurse • Participate in a
become a RN Program in • Participate in clinic dedicated to
registered RN Cardiac ICU or conferences about homelessness
Pass Cardiac PCU leadership
NCLEX • Become Leadership
familiar with Role
the unit and co-
workers
Educational Plan
◦ Personal Aspirations ◦ Short Term Goal
◦ Become a registered nurse ◦ Stay up-to-date with resources in
◦ Educate patients about prognosis and healthcare
medications ◦ Review medications that are used
◦ Take additional classes/modules to constantly on the unit
learn about heart diseases ◦ Long Term Goal
◦ Potential Opportunities ◦ Obtain FNP license
◦ Preceptor student nurses ◦ Become familiar with healthcare
◦ Attend TED Talks about nursing among homelessness
Reference
Sinek, Simon. (2017). Leaders eat last. New York, NY: SinekPartners
LLC.