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Professional Development Plan. Natalie Alwin. Direct Patient Care Leadership. Strengths Provide compassionate, holistic care Demonstrates professional bedside manner Can manage multiple stressful situations simultaneously Weaknesses Ability to delegate
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Professional Development Plan Natalie Alwin
Direct Patient Care Leadership Strengths • Provide compassionate, holistic care • Demonstrates professional bedside manner • Can manage multiple stressful situations simultaneously Weaknesses • Ability to delegate • Lack of confidence in nursing skills • Lack of established routine
Direct Patient Care Leadership Short Term Goals • Develop confidence in my nursing skills through gaining experience • Practice organizing and prioritizing tasks • Become chemotherapy certified Long Term Goals • Develop the ability to recall side effects and drug interactions of medications immediately • Orient to caring for BMT patients
Unit Related Leadership Strengths • Flexible • Experienced professional role model • Understanding, patient, and kind • Not afraid of confrontation and constructive criticism • Approachable Weaknesses • Perfectionist • Tend to micromanage unintentionally
Unit Related Leadership Short Term Goals • Become a charge nurse on unit • Mentor students who are assigned to follow me on unit • Join a committee Long Term Goals • Become a preceptor • Become a nurse manager on unit
Professional Nursing Development Short Term Goals • Chemotherapy/biotherapy certified • PALS (Pediatric Advance Life Support) • Certified Pediatric Nurse (CPN) Long Term Goals • Join… • Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses • American Nurses Association • Become a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
The Disease to Please: Curing the People – PleaserSyndrome Strengths • Believe that good can come out of conflict • Ability to stand up for myself when my beliefs are being challenged • Not afraid of confrontation or conflict Weaknesses • Overstretching to please other • Risk own happiness & health for other’s satisfaction • Seek approval when in a new environment
Leadership Shadowing Experience Following the Senior Nurse Manager on the Pediatric Oncology unit was an eye-opening experience
Professional & Community Activities Attending an Interprofessional Education and Practice (IPEP) Program and a Mass Casualty training was insightful and resourceful
Continuing Education/Higher Education Personal Aspirations • Educated on current EB practice • Communicate with Spanish-Speaking families Potential Opportunities • Unit led education programs • Attend Master’s Program Short Term Goals • Become chemotherapy/ biotherapy certified • PALS certified • Spanish Degree Long Term Goals • Master’s of Science in Nursing • Family Nurse Practitioner
Timeline of Goal Graduate/Pass NCLEX Refine Nursing Skills & Confidence Become a charge nurse Receive a Masters of Science in Nursing Become a Nurse Manager Teach
Resources Braiker, H.R. (2001). The Disease to Please: Curing the People – Please Syndrome. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill