Professional

Leadership
Development

By: Ashley Dohr

University of Arizona College of Nursing

 Direct Patient Care
• Personal Strengths
• Professional bedside manner
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Compassion and empathetic

• Opportunities for Improvement

• Time management
• Practice and improve clinical skills
• Have more confidence in knowing the
medications and the mechanism of action
 Direct Patient Care
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• Short term goals (Present-2 years)
• Begin nursing career in new grad residency
program
• Learn the policies and procedures of the
unit/hospital
• Become chemotherapy certified

• Long term goals (3-5 years)

• Transition to travel nursing
• Become nurse practioner
 Unit Leadership Abilities
• Personal Strengths
• Flexible and reliable
• Respectful to others
• A positive example of integrity

• Opportunities for Improvement

• Ability to delegate tasks
• Interacting with providers
• Gaining more confidence in providing my input
as a new graduate RN
 Unit Leadership Abilities
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• Short term goals (Present-2 years)
• Join committees at the hospital
• Be a positive mentor to students who are
assigned to shadow me

• Long term goals (3-5 years)

• Complete charge nurse training and become
charge nurse
• Become a preceptor
 Professional Nursing
Development
• Short Term Goals (Present-2 years)
• Chemotherapy certification
• PALS (Pediatric Advance Life Support)
• Certified Pediatric Nurse

• Long Term Goals (3-5 years)

• Join the Association of Oncology Nurse
• Join the American Nurses Association
• Become Pediatric or Psychiatric Nurse
Practioner
Management/Leadership
Book

The Gifts of
Imperfection: Let Go
of Who You Think
You’re Supposed to Be
and Embrace Who You
Are
 Leadership Shadowing Experience
• Charge Nurse
• Northwest Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona

• Nursing House Supervisor

• Northwest Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona
 Professional and
Community Activities
American Heart Association ACLS training
&
Pandemic Interprofessional Exercise
 Pass NCLEX

Begin New Grad

Program

Timeline of
Finish new grad
program

Refine

Goals skills/confidence

Become Travel Nurse

Stop traveling &

become charge nurse

Go back to school for

NP
 Continuing Education
Plans
• Personal Aspirations • Short term goals
• Be able to learn and • Become Chemotherapy
communicate with the certified
deaf/blind population through • PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life
ASL Support) certification
• Educated on evidence- based • Join a committee
practice
• Long term Goals
• Potential Opportunities
• Master’s of Science in Nursing
• Travel Nursing
• Nurse Practioner – pediatric or
• Enroll in Master’s Program psychiatric/behavioral health
• Charge Nurse
Training/Education
 References
Brown, B. (2010). The Gifts of Imperfection: let go
of who you think you’re supposed to be and
embrace who you are. Center City, MN: Hazelden
Publishing.