N 479 Professional Development Grid/Plan

Date: December 9th, 2015

Name: ____Trudy Morrison_____

In 3-5 years I see myself as an RN who is confident, yet continuing to learn; A growing leader on her unit.
Area

Strengths

Direct
Patient Care
Leadership

Unit Related
Leadership

Therapeutic
Communication
Character
Compassion
Learns from
mistakes; uses them
to teach.
Works well with
others/Team player.
Trustworthy.

Weakness/ Opportunity for

Improvement
Confidence
Acquire Medication
Proficiency

Being able to delegate.

Be self-disciplined;
develop a daily routine.
Asserting myself; speaking
up for what is right.

Professional
Nursing
Development:
Organizations,
Journals/
Certifications
N 479
Book Selection
(based on
strengths and
weaknesses)

-I must be willing to delegate to

avoid burnout, and provide the
best care possible to my patients.
-Perfecting my daily routine and
working toward leadership roles.

-Begin to utilize Medscape CE.

-Apply to Medical Reserve Corp.
-Subscribe to a minimum of one
nursing journal.
-Obtain ACLS and CCRN
certifications.

Trustworthy.
Not afraid to admit a
mistake; I can learn
from it and so can
others.

Maxwell, J.C. (2009). Leadership

101: What every leader needs to
know. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson,
Inc.

Leadership
Shadowing
Experience

Short term goals/ strategies

Present-2years
-To be more confident in my skills
and abilities.
-Becoming proficient with
medications will enable me to
provide safer care to my patients.

Shadowing a Clinical Nurse

Leader (CNL) enabled me to
see that my strengths are
critical in this role. One must
acquire the trust of the nurses
on your unit, communicate
therapeutically with
coworkers and patients, and

Self-discipline.
Develop daily routine.
Be patient-realize
leadership does not
develop overnight.

Maxwell, J.C. (2009). Leadership 101: What

every leader needs to know. Nashville, TN:
Thomas Nelson, Inc.

A CNL must also have selfdiscipline and a routine they follow

throughout the day; with the busy
schedule of a CNL, I can see how
one could be easily distracted and
unable to complete tasks.

Long term goals/ strategies

3-5 years
-To remain comfortable with my
strengths.
-Continue increasing my
knowledge of patient diagnoses;
remain in a constant state of
learning.
-Having obtained the skills and
leadership qualities necessary to
be a charge nurse and/or student
preceptor.
-Join committees to which I can
contribute towards the
improvement and quality of
patient care.
-Consider traveling as a nurse
with organizations such as WHO
and Doctors Without Borders.
-Consider the possibility of
furthering my education.

Professional
Activity/
Community
Service

Education:
Cont. Nrsg.
Educ. and/or
plans for
Higher Educ.

is always learning.
Emergency Civilian Casualty
Care-Medical Reserve Corp
Provided information
on a variety of topics
ranging from
personal violent
encounters to mass
casualties/terrorism.
Learned of the
opportunity to
become a member of
the Medical Reserve
Corp.
SILC Experience
Gave me insight as to
the vast amount of
work and
preparation that goes
into our education in
the SILC Lab.
Learned about
opportunities for prenursing students to
volunteer.
Opportunities for
advancement.
Teaching
opportunities.
Salary increase.

Emergency Civilian Casualty

Care-Medical Reserve Corp
Can cause one to fear the
unknown, or the
possibility of an
emergency casualty
situation.
A situation can go from
bad to worse if you are not
prepared and do not teach
others about
preparedness.
SILC Experience
Did not provide direct
patient care.
Not enough time to truly
experience all that it takes
to run the SILC Lab.

Time away from family.

Increasing cost of higher
education.
Balancing work, school,
and family.

-Graduate from BSN program.

-Pass NCLEX exam.
-Acquire a New Grad RN position
at Southern Arizona VA Hospital.
-Work towards ACLS/CCRN
certifications.

-No current plans for further

education other than CEUs as
they pertain to my license.