Professional

Evaluation
Janelle Westbrook
Spring 2016

Direct Patient Care Abilities

Strengths

Patient centered
care offer choices

Patient advocacy

Empathy for patients

and their families

Improve time
management

Incorporate evidence
based practice into
care

Long term goals

Attend at least 2
continuing education
seminars regarding
patient care

Continue education
(FNP)

Areas for
Improvement

Time management

Self confidence in
performing new skills

Short term goals

Unit Related Leadership

Strengths
Willingness

to

help others
Effective

listener

Areas for
Improvement
Reluctance

to
take leadership
position unless
necessary

Short term goals

Join

a unit
committee

Long term goals

Become

nurse

a charge

Professional Development

Short term goals

Join

Sigma Theta
Tau International

Obtain

Advanced
Cardiac Life
Support (ACLS)
certification

Subscribe

to
professional
nursing journal

Long term goals

Obtain

CCRN
certification

Obtain

FNP degree

Book Selection: How to Win

Friends and Influence People

Strengths

Suggestions for actions

are broken down into
one to two sentence
summaries

Ex. Become
genuinely interested
in other people.

Suggestions are
applicable in all
settings of life,
including at work and
outside of it.

Weaknesses

This book focuses on

talking to peers in a
social context, not
necessarily from a
position of leadership

The suggestions are

about making people get
along with you rather
than how to get them to
listen to your authority

Leadership Shadowing: Charge

RN on Trauma PCU

Strengths
Learned

about
aspects of nursing
that are not
otherwise taught
Paperwork

The

Weaknesses

shift was
slow, so there
was a lot of down
time

Professional Activity:
Resiliency Training

Strengths
Learned

about
techniques that
will be useful in an
ICU setting where
patients have
severe injuries that
may affect me
psychologically

Weaknesses

The training was aimed

at first responders such
as police and EMTs, so
some of the information
is less applicable to
nursing practice

The training was a

condensed version so
much of the content
was left out of the
presentation

Continuing Education

Strengths

Motivation to
continue education

Prior success in
education (high GPA,
honors)

Areas for
Improvement

Conflicts with
personal life events
during time period I
plan to go to school

Finances

Relocation

Short term goals

Pass National Council

Licensure Examination
(NCLEX)

Obtain ACLS certification

Long term goals

Obtain CCRN certification

Obtain FNP degree

Univ of Arizona BSN to DNP

program

Timeline
May 2016
Graduate with
BSN

July 2016
Pass NCLEX
and obtain RN
license

August 2016
Start working
at Banner UMC
in Trauma ICU

2019
Obtain CCRN
certification

2020
Begin looking
at FNP
programs

2021
Continue
working while
going to school

2025
Graduate with
FNP degree

2025
Work in
physicians
office as FNP