PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Lauren Hoyos

The University of Arizona

POWERPOINT College of Nursing

BSN 2018
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

"The best way to

find yourself is to
lose yourself in the
service of
others."
-Mahatma Gandhi
DIRECT PATIENT CARE ABILITIES
Personal Strengths:
Eagerness to learn/grow as a nurse
Ability to form relationships easily
Quick on my feet/able to handle tough situations
Opportunities for improvement:
Self confidence
Need for more experience/more learning
Slow on skills that again need more experience
 Short Term Goals/Strategies:
 Develop competency/proficiency with
clinical skills
 Become more comfortable with the
disease processes that I will see on the
floor I am working on often
 Increase self confidence with the
profession
 Long-Term Goals/Strategies:
 Obtain my MSN
 Become a charge nurse for the floor I am
working on
 Become certified in medical Spanish (as I
plan on living in San Diego, CA)
 UNIT LEADERSHIP ABILITIES
Personal Strengths:  Short Term Goals/Strategies:
 Highly motivated  Develop a mentor type
 Strong desire to grow personally and relationship with a nurse on my
professionally unit
 Able to build strong/lasting relationships  Become proficient in clinical
skills
 Gain self confidence in my
 Opportunities for Improvement: patient care
 Delegation
 Time management (mastering of skills)  Long Term Goals/Strategies:
 Shy personality  Become a charge nurse
 Join committees
 Precept students
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Short Term Goals/Strategies:
Join a professional nursing organization
 Obtain my CCRN
Become a charge nurse on my unit

Long Term Goals/Strategies:

Mentor new graduate RN’s on my floor
Consider a DNP program to become a family NP
Work within management or healthcare technology as a RN
MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP BOOK:
How this book complimented my own strengths/showed area of improvement:
This book has taught me how to overcome hardships & use them to my advantage,
many of which I have had happen to me these past two semesters. (leveraging your
difficulties)
Teaches about overcoming your limits with ingenuity and innovation.

How this book is beneficial to professional growth:

It reviewed qualities of being a strong leader and ways to implement them into your
life. (Effort, Quality, and Thinking long term)
Talks about the concept of happy science (wisdom, self-reflection, and progress)
which would be beneficial to practice to avoid nurse burnout.
LEADERSHIP SHADOWING
Charge RN/Floor manager CVICU at Banner UMC:

How this experience enhanced your knowledge of this position?

This experience helped me to understand just how valuable Charge RN’s are to the floor
They have more roles/responsibilities than I initially realized
Showed benefit of having a Charge that was out of ratio
Was able to respond to an emergency call & help her prepare for a bed meeting as well
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
 Donor Ambassador for American Red Cross
 Obtained ACLS through the American Heart
Association

 How this enhanced my knowledge?

 As a donor ambassador I was able to get a lot
more comfortable with patient
teaching/interaction.
 It also helped me to realize just how much the
world needs more nurses that would be willing to
donate their time to such organizations.
 Obtaining my ACLS taught me what to do in
situations where my patients were in cardiac arrest
 My overall goal is to work in the Cardiac ICU, so
this it vital knowledge
EDUCATIONAL PLANS
Personal Aspirations:
Gain experience in Cardiac Units
Become more acquainted with reading EKG’s
Potential Opportunities:
Take on Charge RN role or preceptor role
Short Term Goals/Strategies:
Obtain my CCRN
Attend professional nursing strategies so that I can stay up to date with EBP
Long Term Goals/Strategies:
Obtain my MSN
Mentor a New Grad RN
 TIMELINE
5-10 Years:
Become a
4 Years: Mentor charge RN/Unit
New Grad RN’s Manager
3 Years: Begin
MSN program
2 Years: Master
clinical skills/
1 Year: Obtain gain confidence
a position in a
Present: new grad RN
Graduate and program in the
pass the NCLEX CTICU
REFERENCES
Okawa, R. (2017). Invincible thinking: an essential guide for a lifetime of growth,
success, and triumph. IRH Press, New York.