NURS 479 Professional Development Grid/Plan Name: __Ashley Alexander__Date: 05/02/17

Area Strengths Weakness/Opportunity for Short term goals/strategies Long term goals/strategies
Improvement Present-2 years 3-5 years

Direct My strengths in direct My biggest weakness is
patient care include time management. This is
Patient Care
being self-motivated, something I struggled with
Leadership organized and in my preceptorship and
efficient. will continue to work on as
I enter my career.
I also have a desire to
continue learning and Another area for
developing improvement is continuing
professionally. to educate myself about
the specific disease
processes after I have
encounter them in the
hospital.
In the first two years of
my career, I want to
become comfortable with
a preferred organizational
tool and figure out the
best way for me to plan
my shift every day.
After each shift, I will
research unknown
disease processes and
learn more for the future.
In three to five years I will be an
expert at time management and
will know the right time to
complete tasks. I will be able to
share this knowledge as a
preceptor to nursing students.
I will use my nursing knowledge
return to school for a Master of
Science in Nursing to continue
my education.

Unit Related I communicate well An area for improvement is In the first two years, I will I will be proficient at delegation
Leadership with people of delegation. I have a hard continue learning about and be able to teach nursing
different disciplines time knowing when and delegation through students how to delegate in the
and have the how to delegate to CNAs hospital policy and hospital setting.
interpersonal skills to and LPNs. experience.
I will have no problem asking
be a team player.
Another weakness is my I will continue to grow in questions of other staff
I know the fear of asking what I confidence regarding members and will have gained
characteristics of a consider dumb asking questions about knowledge that I can share
leader and have questions. If I dont know things that I do not through asking questions on my
applied them in past something sometimes I understand. unit.
situations. just pretend to know so I
do not look like I dont
know what Im doing.

Professional I will join the national and I will become certified as an

Nursing state chapters of the APN.
Development: American Nursing
Organizations,
Journals/ Association as well as the I will become a volunteer for the
Society of Pediatric American Red Cross in their
Certifications
Nurses. disaster management program.
I will continue work in
Sigma Theta Tau
International Honors
Society for Nurses.
NURS 479 The book Your 1st N/A
Book selection Year as a Nurse
(based on your complimented my
strengths and strengths because it
weaknesses) had a lot of advice on
how to continue
professionally
development after
school. This included
joining nursing
associations, finding
mentors, going to
conferences and
career fairs, and
staying connected to
other nurses in the
profession.
Leadership N/A My leadership shadowing
Shadowing experience was with a
Experience charge nurse on a Step
Down unit and I believe
this helped me learn more
about time management.
This increased my ability
to work efficiently,
however I also learned that
the charge nurse role may
not be something I am
interested in.
Professional My professional N/A
Activity/ Community activities included
Service working with a
homeless shelter,
attending a career fair
and participating in a
mass casualty training.
These enhanced my
strengths because
they increased my
nursing skills and
professionalism, and
continued my
education.
Education: Continuing on for N/A I will begin my work as a I will be a teachers aide while I
higher education will preceptor to increase my get my MSN and then hopefully
Continuing Nursing
Education and/or compliment my desire skills in teaching nursing teach BSN nursing students.
plans for Higher to continue lifelong students.
Education learning and growing
professionally.