N 479 Professional Development Grid/Plan

Name: __Brooke Bogenn____________________

Date: 5 02 2016

In 3-5 years I see myself.. Working on a Med/Surg or Telemetry floor as an RN, looking into opportunities for further education to become a nurse
practitioner and possible traveling nurse positions_________
Area
Direct
Patient Care
Leadership

Strengths

Weakness/ Opportunity for

Improvement

- Patient advocate
- Empathy/ compassion for
patients and their families
- Managing stress

- Time management/ prioritizing

- Self confidence
- Critical thinking skills

- Team player
- Flexible
- Work well under pressure
- Professional role model

- Communication/ public speaking

- Inability to say no
- Balancing responsibilities
- Lack of confidence in leadership
role

Unit Related
Leadership

Professional
Nursing
Development:
Organizations,
Journals/
Certifications

N 479
Book Selection
(based on
strengths and
weaknesses)

Short term goals/ strategies

Present-2years
Goals:
- Improve time management skills
- Develop critical thinking skills
needed to prefect my care
- Feeling comfortable on my unit
Strategy:
- Develop an organizational sheet to
meet my needs and update as
needed. Use this to prioritize and
develop a routine
Goals:
- Continue to develop
communication skills and ways to
interact with other healthcare
professionals
- Join a committee within the
hospital
Strategy:
- Continually push my comfort
levels to develop and enhance my
skills
Goals:
- Obtain Advanced Cardiac Life
Support (ACLS) certification
- Obtain EKG certification
- Subscribe to journal of interest
Strategies:
- Take classes required to receive
certifications
- Research journals and choose one

Be Happy Without Being

Perfect by Alice Domar
- Offers quizzes to determine
level of perfectionism
- Interviews/ quotes from
women struggling with

- Talks a lot about why the need for

change instead of more advice on
how to change
- Did not include anything about
nursing specifically
- Different chapters of the book were

Long term goals/ strategies

3-5 years
Goals:
- Develop self confidence in my
nursing skills and care
- Become proficient and clinically
competent in the care I provide
Strategy:
- Gain as much clinical experience
at a hospital where I feel
comfortable and respected by all
employees
Goals:
- Become a leader instead of a
follower
- Be a preceptor for students
- Transition into the role of charge
nurse on the unit
Strategies:
- Practice and improve leadership
qualities
- Shadow charge nurse and express
interest in leadership roles
Goals:
- Become a member of an
organization of interest
- Obtain Critical Care Registered
Nurse (CCRN) specialty
certification
Strategies:
- Meet requirements for CCRN,
study, and obtain certificate
- Research organizations and join
one of interest at that time

Leadership
Shadowing
Experience

Professional
Activity/
Community
Service

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

perfectionism
- Chapters dedicated to specific
categories of improvement
- Helped to realize and improve
my perfectionism in
relationships, at work, decisionmaking, and dealing with stress
- Realistic opportunity to have
within a few years of floor
nursing
- Gained exposure to qualities
of a leader
- Insight into different chains of
command
- Exposure to critical thinking
- Impacting individuals in need
within the community
- Rewarding
- Lessons learned in cultural
wisdom and the culturally and
linguistically appropriate
services in health professions
- Engaging speakers, discussion
groups

- Desire to learn
- Goal of pursing higher
education
- Monetary incentives

not relatable to me as an individual

- Sometimes offered bland
suggestions

- Charge nurse was in ratio, making it

difficult to see just the leadership role
- Very busy day, prevented me from
really grasping the position as a
whole, prevented me from asking
questions and resulted in me just
running after him
- Not a lot of patient interaction
- Not directly working with the
community, worked behind the scene
- Does not contribute directly with
my nursing career
- Not a lot of suggestions on how to
improve and provide cultural
competent care

- School burn-out
- Financial constraints
- Time consuming

Goals:
- Pass NCLEX to become RN
- Obtain nursing position, gain
experience, learn about
opportunities for continuing
education
- Find balance outside of hospital
Strategies:
- Take KAPLAN review course
- Learn methods on how to handle
stress, learn ways to separate work
from home life
- Keep focused on my future goals

Goal:
- Return to a University to become
a Nurse Practitioner
Strategies:
- Meet all requirements, obtain
experience, research programs,
explore potential hospital programs
that aid in obtaining NP, and apply
to a program