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Nursing Professional Development Goals

Kayla Sonderman outlines her strengths and areas for improvement in patient care abilities and unit leadership abilities. Her short term goals are to read about trauma nursing and effectively precept students. Her long term goals are to have strong time management and handle additional patients without compromising care. For professional development, her short term goals are to join a nursing organization and attend a leadership conference, and her long term goals are to move to an ICU and become a CCRN. She summarizes shadowing a rapid response nurse and attending conferences to enhance her knowledge. Her educational plan involves continuing her nursing education and becoming specialized.

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Nursing Professional Development Goals

Kayla Sonderman outlines her strengths and areas for improvement in patient care abilities and unit leadership abilities. Her short term goals are to read about trauma nursing and effectively precept students. Her long term goals are to have strong time management and handle additional patients without compromising care. For professional development, her short term goals are to join a nursing organization and attend a leadership conference, and her long term goals are to move to an ICU and become a CCRN. She summarizes shadowing a rapid response nurse and attending conferences to enhance her knowledge. Her educational plan involves continuing her nursing education and becoming specialized.

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Professional

Development
Kayla Sonderman
Patient Care Abilities
Strengths Short term goals (Present - 2
❖ Personable, compassionate, years)
attentive ❖ Read at least one resource on
trauma nursing in order to be a
Opportunities for improvement more prepared and effective
❖ Speed, confidence, patience nurse

Integrative modality Long term goals (3 - 5 years)


incorporated into practice ❖ Have efficient time
❖ Integrative nursing is person- management skills and be able
centered and relationship- to handle additional patients if
based unit is short staffed without
compromising patient care
Unit Leadership Abilities
Strengths Short term goals (Present - 2
❖ Communication, ability to see years)
big picture and help others to ❖ Be able to effectively precept
do so, experience training new student nurses and/or new
staff as DTR grads
❖ Join at least one committee
Opportunities for improvement within my unit or hospital
❖ Experience in the field, further
leadership education Long term goals (3 - 5 years)
❖ Be a leader either in a
group/committee on my unit
Professional Development

Short term goals (Present - 2 Long term goals (3 - 5 years)


years) ❖ Move to an ICU
❖ Join at least one professional ❖ Become a certified critical
nursing organization care nurse (CCRN)
❖ Attend at least one leadership
conference
Management/Leadership Book
First year nurse: Wisdom, warnings, and what I wish I’d known
my first 100 days on the job

❖ I believe this book will be helpful and relevant to me as a new


graduate nurse
❖ It has the potential to help me avoid common pitfalls and start my
career off on the right foot
Leadership Shadowing Experience
I chose to shadow a rapid response nurse at Tucson Medical Center

Rationale
❖ I did not know what a rapid response nurse did
❖ I want to work with high acuity patients and will likely need to call a
rapid response nurse throughout my career

How the experience enhanced my knowledge of the position


❖ I fully understand what a rapid response nurse does and how their
day is structured
❖ I know when to call a rapid response and what the rapid response
nurse’s standing orders are
Professional Activity
Interprofessional Rural Health Professions Conference sponsored by
Arizona Health Education Centers (AzAHEC) and the Arizona
Telemedicine Program
❖ Chosen due to a significant number of the patients I’ve seen coming
from rural communities
❖ Learned about challenges these communities face when it comes to
health/healthcare

The Science of Well-being course offered by Yale


❖ Chosen due to high rate of burnout among nurses
❖ Learned about myths/misconceptions about what makes people
happy
Educational Plan
Personal aspirations
❖ Continue my education as a nurse
❖ Create a career that I am proud of

Potential opportunities
❖ Graduate level education, on the job training, online courses,
shadowing

Short term goals


❖ Enroll in a Spanish course for healthcare professionals

Long term goals


❖ Become specialized, either as an APRN or in a specific area of
Timeline
Reference
Arnoldussen, B. (Ed.). (2016). First year nurse: Wisdom, warnings, and
what I wish I’d known my first 100 days on the job (4th ed.). Kaplan
Nursing.

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