PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT
Ally Kerner
December 4th, 2022
 • Compassion
Personal • Work Ethic
Strengths • Bedside Manner

Opportunities • EKG Analysis

for • IV Placement
• Interprofessional Communication
DIRECT Improvement
PATIENT CARE
• Correctly recognize each cardiac
ABILITIES Short-Term rhythm on an EKG
Goals • Successfully place the majority of the
IVs I attempt

• Use critical thinking to identify how to

Long-Term manage each EKG rhythm
Goals • Better communicate with physicians &
other healthcare professionals
 DIRECT PATIENT CARE
ABILITIES CONT.
Integrative Modalities Integrative Principles
• Humans are “inseparable
• Massage from their environment”
• Breathing Techniques • ”Person- centered and
relationship-based”
• Music Therapy • “Health and wellbeing of
caregivers”
Personal Opportunities for
Strengths Improvement
• Time • Delegation skills
Management • Conflict
• Professional Resolution
Attitude • Teaching skills
• Active Listener UNIT
LEADERSHIP
ABILITIES
Short-Term Goals Long-Term Goals
• Feel confident in • Mentor new
delegating tasks nurses and/or
to others nursing students
• Participate in a • Become a charge
conflict nurse on my unit
resolution
training
 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Certifications Organization Short-Term Long-Term

I will Obtain s I will Join Goals Goals

American Attend an Implement an

Advanced
Association of AACN EBP
Cardiovascular
Critical Care conference in intervention on
Life Support
Nurses first year my unit

Critical Care
Transition from Obtain CCRN
Nursing
PCU to ICU certification
Certification
 LEADERSHIP BOOK

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily & Amelia Nagoski
Why? It is targeted towards women & their struggle with burnout

Compliments my Areas of Professional Growth

Strengths Improvement
I cannot always function
Completing the stress “Human Giver autonomously
cycle Syndrome”
Taking care of myself
Connection with others Find time to rest allows me to care for others
 Role Chosen: Charge Nurse of
Cardiothoracic Step Down
• Reason: A goal of mine is to become a
charge nurse
LEADERSHIP • What I learned:
ROLE • Must have excellent time
ASSIGNMENT management
• Act as a resource to every staff
member
• Helps the unit to flow well
• Staffing is not perfect- must adapt and
be flexible
 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

The Science of Well-Being

by Yale University

This course taught me:

• Implementing new habits take time (but it
is worth it!)
• Humans can adapt and cope
• Spending quality time with people boosts
moods
 Personal Aspirations
• Gain fluency in Spanish
• Travel to Argentina
• Never stop learning

Potential Opportunities
• Travel Nursing
HIGHER/ • Inova CME Opportunities
CONTINUING
EDUCATION Short-Term Goals
• Take Spanish for Healthcare Workers course
• Participate in CME program

Long-Term Goals
• Become a Nurse Practitioner
• Gain fluency in Spanish
 6 months Recognize EKGs - Success with IVs – Attend AACN Conference

1 year Delegation Confidence – Move to ICU

2 years Conflict Resolution Training – Take Spanish Course -

CME
TIMELINE
Mentor Nurses – Know Management of Rhythms –
3 years
Interprofessional Communication

5 years Implement EBP - Obtain CCRN - Become Charge Nurse

>5 years Become an NP – Fluent in Spanish

 REFERENCES

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

Nagoski, E., & Amelia. (2020). Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle. Ballantine Books.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2021, April). Complementary, Alternative, or Integrative

Health: What's in a name? National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. Retrieved December 1,

2022, from https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/complementary-alternative-or-integrative-health- whats-in-a-name