PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Paige Dinehart
DIRECT PATIENT CARE ABILITIES
Personal Strengths:
•Trustworthy
•Collaborative
•Strong patient advocate
•A love for learning
Opportunities for Improvement:
•Delegation
•Time management
•Prioritization
Short Term Goals (present-2 years):
• Nurse residency position
• Gain confidence as new nurse
• Improve on delegation, time management, and
prioritization
• Become certified in nurse specialty
Long Term Goals (3-5 years):
• Proficiency in all aspects of nursing care
• Be able to anticipate patient needs and
develop nursing intuition
DIRECT PATIENT CARE ABILITIES: INTEGRATIVE
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UNIT LEADERSHIP ABILITIES
Personal Strengths:
•Reliable
•Flexible
•Effective communicator
•A love for learning
Opportunities for Improvement:
•Skill acquisition
•Time management
Short Term Goals (present-2 years):
• Become oriented to unit/hospital
• Become a charge nurse
• Be looked to as a trusted resource
Long Term Goals (3-5 years):
• Join a committee
• Precept students
• Advance to leadership position (nurse
manager, etc.)
 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Short Term Goals (present-2 years): Long term Goals (3-5 years):
•Become a Certified Pediatric Nurse • American Nurses Association
(CPN)
• Become Pediatric Nurse
•Obtain Pediatric Advanced Life Practitioner
Support (PALS) certification
•Actively involved in Sigma Theta
Tau International
 LEADERSHIP BOOK
•First Year Nurse: Wisdom, Warnings, and What I wish I’d Known My First 100
Days on The Job
•How this book complimented me:
• Addresses concerns I have for transitioning into the nursing role
•Helped me realize that all nurses start from somewhere
•Why this book is beneficial to my professional growth:
• It offers tips and wisdom for starting your nursing career right from
experienced nurses
• Addresses struggles and challenges, and what to do when faced with them
LEADERSHIP SHADOWING EXPERIENCE
•ICU Charge Nurse at the Southern Arizona VA Medical Center
•Why this experience was beneficial:
•Gained insight on the roles and responsibilities of a charge
nurse
•Learned the importance of a having a good leader assume CN
role
•Was faced with challenging situations in which required
effective delegation, critical thinking, and communication skills
PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
1. Stop the Bleed Training
 Learned life saving measures in the event of a life-threatening emergency

2. Basic Life Support Class

 Refresher on effective CPR administration across the lifespan
 AED training
 Choking and drowning events

3. Casa Maria
 Soup kitchen
 Packed food, picked up trash, organized clothes
EDUCATIONAL PLAN
Personal Aspirations: Short term Goals (present-2 years):
•CPNPNP • Graduate with good GPA
•Stay current with evidence-based practice • Pass NCLEX
& interventions • Begin a nurse residency program
•Commit myself to a lifetime of learning

Potential opportunities: Long Term Goals (3-5 years):

•Precept/mentor students • Obtain CPN
•Advance to leadership roles within • Advance career by furthering
unit/hospital (charge nurse, nurse manager, education and obtaining
quality improvement committees) masters degree
TIMELINE

Successfully Advance to Further

Graduate & complete nurse charge nurse education by
residency Obtain CPN role and begin going back to
pass NCLEX program in 1 certification precepting school and
year students becoming PNP
REFERENCES
Arnoldussen, Barbara. (2009). First year nurse: Wisdom, warnings, and what I wish I’d
known my first 100 days on the job (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Kaplan Inc.