Professional

Development
z University of Arizona College of Nursing
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Eric Polerecky
 zDirect Patient Care Abilities
 Strengths:
 Assessments, interpersonal communication, attention to detail

 Areas for Improvement:

 Prioritization/timeliness, delegation, hands on skill efficiency

 Short-Term Goals:
1. ACLS within 3 months

2. Establish mentor-mentee relationship

 Long-Term Goals:
1. CRRT skills within 3 years

2. Begin study for ECMO team within 4 years

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Integrative Focus of
Nursing

 Integrative Nursing Principle #4:

“Integrative nursing is person-centered and
relationship based.”

(Kreitzer, 2015)
 Unit
z Leadership Abilities
 Strengths:
 Empathy/empowerment, taking risks, confidence/patience in teaching

 Areas for Improvement:

 Healthcare policy, innovation/QI, collaboration

 Short-Term Goals:
1. Assume preceptor role for students/new-hires after 1 year

2. Quality improvement project within year 1

 Long-Term Goals:
1. Official charge nurse by year 2

2. Shadow unit manager and house supervisor by year 5

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Professional Development Goals

 Short-Term Goals:

1. Join the AACN within 3 months

2. Join the AHNA within 6 months

 Long-Term Goals:

1. Obtain CCRN certification within 3 and a half years of practice

2. Obtain PMGT-BC from the ANCC within 4 and a half years of practice
 Leadership
z Book
 Your 1st Year as a Nurse: Making the
Transition from Total Novice to Successful
Professional (2nd ed.)
 Reason: transition anxiety, immediate relevance

 Personalized nursing style, self-maintenance,

resilient optimism
 Interdisciplinary interactions, administrative and
professional realities

(Cardillo, 2010)
Leadership
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Shadowing Experience

 The Charge Nurse Role

 Reason: desire to lead but still provide hands-on
care
 Experiences: shift report, assignments, unit flow,
audits, team resource
 Impact: increased intrigue in leadership role,
basic strategies
 Professional
z Activity
 Online EKG Arrhythmias Course:
 40 arrhythmia videos: simulation, characteristics,
severity
 Aim to enhance EKG interpretation skills to be as
instinctual as possible
 Took notes, did continued outside research

 Vastly increased confidence and familiarity; will

improve critical-care decision making and care
delivery
 Continuing
z Education Goals
 Personal Aspirations:
 Adept CVICU nurse, holistic approach, advocacy, changing healthcare through global initiative

 Potential Opportunities:
 Travel nursing, global health conferences, integrative medicine study

 Short-Term Goals:

1. Savings fund for CE starting with first paycheck

2. Shadow CRNA’s for 36+ hours between years 2-3 of practice

 Long-Term Goals:
1. Enroll in a CRNA program in 5-7 years
2. Begin Master’s in Global Health online program within 7-9 years; complete while
working as CRNA
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References

 Cardillo, D.W. (2010). Your 1st year as a nurse: making the transition from total novice to
successful professional (2nd ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press

 Kreitzer M. J. (2015). Integrative nursing: application of principles across clinical

settings. Rambam Maimonides medical journal, 6(2), e0016.
https://doi.org/10.5041/RMMJ.10200