Professional Development

JILLIAN FERRE
 Direct Patient Care Abilities
Strengths:
• Compassionate, growth mindset, communication
Opportunities for Improvement:
• Time management, setting emotional boundaries, saying
‘No’, IV starts & other skills
Integrative Modalities Incorporated:
• Mind-body medicine: deep breathing techniques
 Direct Patient Care Abilities
Short-term goals:
• Maximize learning experiences with preceptor and feel fully
competent as nurse by end of experience
• Utilize end of shift reflection form
Long-term goals:
• Fully embody nurse role as patient advocate
• Receive additional certifications to expand scope
 Unit Leadership Abilities
Strengths:
• Respectful, compassionate, personable
Opportunities for Improvement:
• Knowledge, assertiveness, having tough discussions
 Unit Leadership Abilities
Short-term goals:
• Join a unit committee
• Become a mentor for a new graduate nurse
Long-term goals:
• Actively participate in unit-based quality improvement
projects
• Become a charge nurse or CNE
 Professional Development
Short-term goals:
• Be more involved in Sigma Theta Tau, join ANA and AACN
• Get CCRN certification
Long-term goals:
• Get PICC or integrative nursing certificate
• Join AANP
 Leadership/Management Book
Book chosen & why: The Gifts of Imperfections
Strengths: Courage, compassion, resilience, &
authenticity
Areas of improvement: Comparison, lack of play & rest,
take self too seriously
Impact/benefit on professional growth: Well-rounded,
fulfilled individual
 Leadership Role Assignment
Role Selected & Why:
• Clinical Nurse Educator
How the experience enhanced my knowledge of the
position:
• Had limited knowledge of role prior to shadowing
• Saw the variety of education provided by CNE
• Increased value of CNE when considering future jobs
Professional/Community Activities
How the experience enhanced my knowledge:
• Arivaca Community Health Day
• Enhanced knowledge of available telehealth and
associated technologies
• Health & health care challenges of rural community
• Many individuals felt discouraged about their health
status
 Higher/Continuing Education
Personal aspirations: Become a family nurse practitioner
and/or psychiatric nurse practitioner
Potential opportunities: Master of Science in Nursing, Master in
other field, Doctor of Nursing Practice; part-time or full-time
Short-term goals: (1) Get ACLS certification; (2) get CCRN
Long-term Goals: (1) Attend school to become a nurse
practitioner; (2) Become a nursing professor or CNE
 Visual Timeline of Goals
Feb 2025: Get PICC
Early 2023: Start
line or integrative
first job; join ANA
nursing certificate
and AACN

Dec 2022- Feb 2023: Aug 2023: Feb 2026 or

Graduate & pass the Get ACLS & later: Pursue
NCLEX CCRN higher
education