Professional

Development
Haley Kennedy
 Direct Patient Care Abilities
◦ Strengths
◦ Active listening and empathy
◦ Keen on details and minor changes in status
◦ Efficient in organization and prioritization
◦ Needs improvement
◦ Time management
◦ Avoiding interruptions/delays, especially talkative patients
◦ Integrative Modality Used
◦ Deep breathing to help decrease anxiety
◦ Open blinds during the day to help with orientation
 Direct Patient Care Abilities
◦ Short Term Goals
◦ Get a foundation for patient care on a med-surg or step-down unit
◦ Improve time management and organization skills
◦ Improve nursing skills such as IV insertion, Foley insertion, lab draws etc.
◦ Long Term Goals
◦ Neuro ICU
◦ Expert in neurological assessments, care, pathophysiology, etc.
 Unit Leadership Abilities
◦ Strengths
◦ Delegation
◦ Accountability and integrity
◦ A positive attitude
◦ Improvements
◦ Continue to increase knowledge base
◦ Confidence in my ability to lead
◦ Short Term Goals
◦ Join a committee
◦ Practice leadership skills as a bedside nurse
◦ Long Term Goals
◦ Excel as charge nurse
◦ Lead a presentation for colleagues
 Professional Development
◦ Short term goals
◦ Join a union
◦ Join a committee (Quality and safety)

Long term goals

◦ Become a mentor/preceptor for nursing students and orientees on my unit
◦ Develop excellent work/life balance capabilities
◦ Stay up to date on newest evidence based practices by reading professional nursing
journals and attending conferences
Management/Leadership Book
“Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit
around raising questions and pointing out obstacles” (Fey,
2011).
• Inspiration to not be afraid to lead others
and to voice my opinions regarding change
• Complimented my desire to make positive
change in the field of nursing
• Be proactive
• Cannot successfully solve problems by
being only reactive
• The most important part of being a leader is
your team
• Assess and anticipate your teams’ needs
 Leadership Shadowing Experience
◦ Unit Manager/Assistant Manager
◦ Importance of behind the scenes tasks
◦ Quality and safety monitoring, staffing, hiring, scheduling, budgeting, etc.
◦ Effective vs ineffective manager and how it effects the entire unit
◦ ICU Charge Nurse
◦ Importance of charge nurse
◦ Extra hands
◦ Resource for the nurses/techs
◦ One person designated as ”go to” for issues on the floor
◦ Make for a smoothly run day/night on the unit (safety, quality checks, supplies etc.)
 Professional Activity
◦ Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
◦ Increased knowledge and confidence in reading ECGs
◦ Improved critical thinking in high stress situation (code, rapid response)
◦ Introduction to AHA’s pathways for symptomatic brady/tachycardia, cardiac
arrest, respiratory arrest, etc.
◦ Improved knowledge of emergency medications
◦ Increased confidence and ability to act as team leader
◦ Certification recommended/required for future RN employment
 Educational Plan
◦ Personal aspirations
◦ Yoga instructor certification
◦ Further my nursing education
◦ Potential opportunities
◦ Yoga4Cancer
◦ Certification to teach yoga to cancer survivors and patients
◦ Short term goals
◦ Neuro ICU for experience to get CCRN
◦ Preceptor class to mentor nursing students
◦ Long term goals
◦ MSN
◦ Clinical instructor
◦ CCRN after 2-5 years in acute care setting
 My Timeline
2019 2023 2030
Graduate
Nursing Get CCRN Get MSN
School Certified degree

Transfer Yoga teacher Get a job as

to a training/yoga a clinical
Neuro 4cancer instructor
ICU certification at my local
university
2021 2024
2032
 References
◦ Fey, T. (2011). Bossypants. New York: Little, Brown.
◦ Yoga4Cancer. (2019). Yoga4cancer Certificate Program. Retrieved from
https://y4c.com/certificateprograms/