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Professional

Development
University of Arizona: College of Nursing
Angela Schiltz
Direct Patient Care Abilities
Areas for Improvement
Strengths
● Assessments ● Refine foundational technical skills
● Medication Administration ● Prioritization
● Organized ● Critical thinking

Integrative Modality
● “Integrative nursing is person-centered and relationship-
based” (Kreitzer, 2015)
Direct Patient Care Abilities
Short-term Goals Long-term Goals
● Receive Advanced Cardiovascular ● Strengthen critical thinking skills
Life Support Certification (ACLS) within 3 years on the unit
within 6 months of starting nurse
residency ● Become confident in prioritizing my
patient assignment by 3 years on the
● Master technical skills within 6 unit
months on the unit
Unit Leadership Abilities
Areas for
Strengths
Improvement
● Team player, respect, delegation ● Knowing when to say no,
communication with providers
Short-term Goals Long-term Goals
● Preceptor within 2 years of being on ● Charge nurse after working on the
the unit unit for 3 years
● Become confident in saying no within ● Become confident with
1 year of being on the unit communicating with providers after
working on the unit for 3 years
Professional Development Goals
Short-term Goals Long-term Goals
● Join the National Association of ● Become Maternal Newborn
Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON) within Nurse (MNN) by 5 years of
2 years of working on the unit working
● Become Orthopaedic Clinical Nurse ● Join the Association of Women’s
Specialist-Certified (OCNS-C) by 2 Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal
years of working on the unit Nurses (AWHONN) by 4 years of
working
Leadership Book

Bossypants:
● This book discusses how women shouldn’t give in to society’s
expectations
● This book touches on having high expectations with creating
ideas that we don’t see as good enough
● It explains how she is human and has to juggle difficult
decisions
(Fey, 2011)
Leadership Shadowing Experience

● Charge Nurse/ Clinical Nurse Leader Role


○ A resource on the unit to answer questions or concerns about
patient care
○ Creates shift assignments for short staffed shifts
○ Balancing care for multiple patients, normal charge duties, and
assisting brain attack team (BAT)
Professional Activity

● The Healthcare Professional’s Core Resource on Alcohol


○ I chose this course to expand my knowledge on alcohol and
alcohol use disorder (AUD)
○ I learned what counts as a standard drink, the medical
complications, and the alcohol-medication interactions
○ Treatment for AUD is not a “one size fits all”
Continuing Education: Opportunities

Personal Aspirations Potential


Opportunities
● Become a confident, well ● Certified Registered Nurse in
rounded nurse with patient Maternal Newborn Nursing
and family care (RN-MNN)
● Refine my technical skills as ● Operating room nurse
a nurse
Continuing Education: Goals

Short-term Goals Long-term Goals


● Take Spanish courses to become ● Enroll in doctor of nurse
fluent in Spanish within 2 years practice (DNP) program by 5
● ACLS certified within 2 years years
● Maternal Newborn Nursing
certification by 5 years
Timeline of Goals
Competent in Charge DNP
Spanish
technical Nurse Program
Education
skills Preceptor

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

OCNS-C AWHONN RN-MNN


ACLS Become confident in
certified critical thinking,
NAON communication skills,
and prioritizing
Resources
Fey, T. (2011). Bossypants. Little, Brown and Company.

Kreitzer, M. J. (2015). Integrative Nursing: Application of Principles Across


Nurse Clinical Settings. Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 6(2),
e0016. https://dooi.org/10.5041/RMMJ.10200.

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