=N 479 Professional Development Grid/Plan

Name: _Emma Randall_____________________

In 3-5 years I see myself..
Area

Weakness/ Opportunity for

Improvement
Improve on being able to
explain things at an
understandable level for all
patients
Increase awareness of
possible patient adverse
events

Direct
Patient Care
Leadership

Communication
Passion
Empathy
Active listening

Unit Related
Leadership

Dedicated and
passionate about the
unit
Team player and
leader

ACLS & BLS

certifications
*****

Professional
Nursing
Development:
Organizations,
Journals/
Certifications

N 479
Book Selection
(based on
strengths and
weaknesses)

Leadership
Shadowing
Experience

11/22/16

As a ICU Nurse in Phoenix Arizona

Strengths

Date:

Identified the top ten

mistakes that leaders
make and identified
alternative, successful
ways to handle these
mistakes
Made me evaluate my
current leadership
styles and determine
areas of improvement
Shadowed the Rapid
Response RN at TMC
Further understanding
of code and rapid

Lack of nursing experience

on unit
Not completely accustomed
to unit policies and
procedures
Lack of professional
development activities
Lack of leadership
opportunities

Somewhat hard to relate to a

hospital setting or nursing
leadership
Failed to utilize example
scenarios for the leadership
mistakes

Short term goals/ strategies

Present-2years
Gain experience working
Successfully develop my
own style of nursing
Being to further my
education through
certifications
Love my job and go to
work everyday with a good
attitude
Participate in committees
among the ICU unit
Attempt to discover unit
issues and propose
interventions to solve these
issues
Continue building
professional nursing
resume
Increase involvement
within the community
aspect of nursing and
leadership

Extremely slow times when

the Rapid Response RN was
not needed

Ask to observe/shadow a
known successful leader
within the hospital setting
Utilize similar books for
leadership tips to further
improve myself
Respect the ones who will
lead me in the future, by
understanding some of the
difficulties that leaders face
Closely pay attention to the
Rapid Response nurses in
the future and analyze their
role

Long term goals/ strategies

3-5 years
Feel confident in my
knowledge as an ICU
nurse
Consider becoming a
charge nurse of an ICU
floor
Decide if becoming a
CRNA is desired

Become charge RN and

challenge my leadership
skills
Successfully help train
and mentor new graduate
nurses
Begin to educate and
teach others continuing
nursing education
Become a member of
American Nurses
Association
Become involved in the
hiring process on the ICU
unit
If able to participate in a
leadership role, request
feedback from coworkers
on areas of success and
need of improvement
Document in journal
difficult scenarios as a
leader and later reflect on
how the situation can be
handled in the future
Work closely with the
Rapid Response nurses
and successfully utilize
their knowledge and skill

Professional
Activity/
Community
Service

Education:
Cont. Nrsg.
Educ. And/or
plans for
Higher Educ.

response scenarios
Rapid Response nurse
was excellent at
teaching and very
welcoming to me
Gained my ACLS
certification and
learned how to further
understand adverse
cardiac rhythms
Increased confidence
for future patient care
and knowledge of how
to successfully handle
different scenarios
Desire to always be
continuing my
education and gaining
more knowledge
related to healthcare
Open to several
different career paths
and education

Wish that we could have

gone over more real life
scenarios and worked
through them

Sense of burnout from

school and desire to take a
temporary break from
education
Temporary lack of funding
to pay for further education

Continue to gain
experience and knowledge
in the hopes of potentially
being able to pursue the
role
Continue to use the
knowledge gained during
this certification
Become certified in PALS
to become further educated
on patients that are not
adults
Pay close attention to how
physicians handle different
scenarios that were
discussed in the class
Gain experience as a nurse
and apply for an ICU
nursing positon, if unable
to find one as a new
graduate
Pay attention to different
types of nursing at analyze
what sounds appealing to
me in the future

with my future patients

Consider applying for the
position
Continue to renew my
ACLS certification as
needed
Utilize my knowledge of
ACLS in the hospital
setting my actively
participating in rapid
response and code
situations

Decide where my career

path will take me and
chose to either stay as an
ICU nurse or pursue and
career as a CRNA
Enroll in school to get
whatever degree or
license needed