Professional & Leadership

Development in Nursing
Rachel Lima

Direct Patient Care Abilities

Personal Strengths:
Rapport with patients
Technical Skills

Opportunities for Improvement

Mastering infrequently used skills

Short-Term Goals/Strategies
Develop confidence, master common nursing skills

Long-Term Goals/Strategies
Influence patient care through staffing and patient
assignment responsibilities

Unit Leadership Abilities

Personal Strengths
Ability to facilitate teamwork
People Person

Opportunities for improvement

Learning and assuming professional leadership
roles
Legal considerations

Goals/Strategies
Charge RN: could be long- or short-term goal
Senior RN Manager, Unit Director

Organizations, Journals,
Certifications
Short-Term Goals/Strategies
BSN Degree and RN License
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Join Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
Journal of Emergency Nursing

Long-Term Goals/Strategies
Trauma Nurse Certification (TNS)
Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) Certification
requires 2 years
CCRN if applicable to patient population

Management/Leadership Book
Four rules for finding both
success and happiness in
ones current line of work
Compliments Strengths:
Setting small, realistic goals
Mastering skills to increase my
value as an employee

Highlights Areas for

Improvement:
Need for change in mindset

Leadership Shadowing Experiences

SWAT RN at Banner UMC-South
Prioritizing nursing tasks
Communication strategies with
colleagues

House Supervisor at Banner UMCSouth

Interdisciplinary collaboration and
communication
Conflict resolution
Maintaining a positive workplace

Professional/Community Activities
Smoke detector installation with the
American Red Cross Foundation
Interaction/communication with
underserved populations
Humbling experience

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Certification
Clinical knowledge
Hands-on practice of mock codes

Timeline of Short-Term Goals

December 15, 2016

Graduate from an accredited nursing program with my BSN degree

Early my
February 2017
Pass my NCLEX exam and receive
Get PALS Certification
RN license
February 13, 2017

Start my 16-week orientation in the ED at Banner UMC-South

Early June,
2017
Join
the Emergency Nurses Association

Complete my orientation in the ED

Early-Mid 2019
Explore Charge RN Opportunities

(ENA)

Timeline of Long-Term Goals

Pursue promotion to Charge
RN

2019

Receive 2019
TNS, CEN, and
CCRN certifications

Complete remaining
prerequisite courses
required for MCAT

Pursue position of leadership in 2020 Take MCAT and apply to medical

school
Association of Emergency Nurses

Apply to medical school

2021

Explore additional leadership

opportunities on the unit

2022

If not admitted to medical school, pursue

promotion to senior manager or unit
director

If admitted, begin medical school

Continuing Education and Higher

Education Endeavors
Ultimate Career Goal: Forensic
Pathology
Short-Term Goals
Experience in ED Nursing
Coursework for MCAT

Long-Term Goals
Take MCAT
Medical School

References
Marquis, B. L., & Huston, C. J. (2015). Effective
conflict resolution and negotiation.
Leadership roles and management functions
in nursing (8th ed., pp. 489). Philadelphia, PA:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Newport, C. (2012). So good they cant ignore
you (why skills trump passion in the quest for
work you love). New York City, NY: Grand
Central Publishing.