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Professional Development
Holly Hunt
University of Arizona College of
Nursing
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Direct Patient Care Abilities
Strengths Weaknesses
■ Active listening ■ Confidence level
■ Communication ■ Clustering patient care
■ Compassionate ■ Difficulty saying “no”
■ Flexibility ■ Critical of self
Short Term Goals Long Term Goals
■ Increase confidence ■ Stay up to date on
■ Develop strategies to evidence based practice
cluster care effectively ■ Continue education
■ Increase comfort specific to my specialty
speaking with doctors
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Unit Leadership Abilities
Strengths
■ Teamwork and positive
attitude
■ Desire to learn/grow
■ Lead by example
Short Term Goals
■ Improve delegation skills
■ Share my ideas
■ Read leadership books to
develop strategies to
improve assertiveness
Weaknesses
■ Delegation of tasks
■ Hard on myself
■ Assertiveness
■ Quiet / Not outspoken
Long Term Goals
■ Mentor/precept nursing
students
■ Join committees
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Professional Development Goals

Short Term Goals Long Term Goals

■ Pass the NCLEX ■ Precept nursing students
■ Begin position in a new ■ Continue active
grad RN residency membership with Sigma
program Theta Tau
■ Learn unit ■ Obtain CCRN license
policies/procedures ■ Consider pursuing a DNP
■ Obtain ACLS/PALS program to become a
certifications nurse practitioner
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Wisdom, Warnings, and What I Wish I’d known My first 100
days on the job
Complimented my strengths/areas Benefits to me
for improvement ■ Strategies to overcome
■ Find positives in communication barriers
everything ■ Strategies to deal with
■ Teamwork grief/patient losses
■ Professional
development timeline
■ Don’t be afraid to ask for examples
help when you need it
■ Self care
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Leadership Shadowing

RN Case Manager House Supervisor

■ Learned about the role of ■ Observed process of
the case manager staffing hospital units

■ Observed how they are ■ Understand the

involved in the patient’s management side of
stay at the hospital staffing

■ Gained insight into ■ Gained a new

behind the scenes work perspective
done to coordinate care
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Professional Activities

Mass Casualty BLS Renewal

■ Gained life saving skills ■ Refreshed knowledge
for emergency situations about CPR

■ Learned to use these

skills with limited
supplies

■ Knowledge that I can

pass on to others
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Continuing Education
Aspirations
■ Attend educational
conferences
■ Achieve certifications
licenses related to critical
care nursing
Opportunities
■ Join various committees on
my unit
■ Take on new leadership
roles within my unit
Short Term Goals
■ ACLS/PALS
■ Obtain other certifications
relevant to my specialty
Long Term Goals
■ CCRN license
■ Consider pursuing a
SWAT/Resource nurse
position
■ Consider pursuing a DNP
program to become Nurse
practitioner or CRNA
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Timeline

5 - 10 years:
Consider DNP
4 Years: program or
Obtain CCRN CRNA program
3 years: Join license,
unit Precept
committees, nursing
2 years: students
Obtain stay up to date
ACLS/PALS, on evidence
1 year: Begin Orient to the based practice
RN residency unit, gain
Present: program confidence,
Pass NCLEX master skills
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References

Arnouldussen, B. (Ed.). (2016). First year nurse: Wisdom,

warnings, and what I wish I’d known my first 100 days on the
job (4th ed.). New York, NY: Kaplan Inc.