Professional

Development
Presentation

Sophie Griswold
May 2, 2017

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Direct Patient Care
Abilities
Personal Strengths
Precise, determined, caring
Opportunities for Improvement
Multitasking, confidence, time management
Short Term Improvement Strategies/Goals
(present - 2 years)
Gain confidence, improve skills, improve time
management
Long Term Improvement Strategies/Goals (3 - 5
years)
Become an expert ICU nurse, begin 2
precepting
Unit Leadership Abilities
Clinical Leadership Strengths
Communication, collaboration, listening
Clinical Leadership Opportunities for
Improvement
Speaking up, delegation
Short Term Improvement Strategies/Goals
(present to 2 years)
Find my voice and feel confident speaking up
Long Term Improvement Strategies/Goals (3 to
5 years) 3
Become a unit leader and preceptor
Professional Development (organizations,
journals, and certifications)
Short Term Improvement Strategies/Goals
(present to 2 years)
Work on publishing my thesis
Subscribe to some journals through Sigma
Theta Tau
Long Term Improvement Strategies/Goals (3
to 5 years)
Join other nursing research projects
Sigma Theta Tau (n.d.). STTI member benefits and resources.
Retrieved from https://
www.nursingsociety.org/why-stti/stti-membership/stti-member-benefit 4
s-and-resources
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) (n.d.). ANCC
certification center. Retrieved from
Management/Leadership
Book
I Wasnt Strong Like This When I Started
Out: True Stories of Becoming A Nurse
How I Wasnt Strong Like This has
complimented my opportunities for
improvement
Stories of growth give me confidence
that I too will grow, learn the feelings
of burnout, importance of self-care
Addition to Personal Growth
Confidence and direction, solidarity 5
Gutkind, L. (2013). I Wasn't Strong Like this when I Started Out: True
Stories of Becoming a Nurse. Pittsburgh, PA: InFact Books.
Leadership Shadowing
Experience
Shadowing Nurse Manager named Joysan
Scoggin on 3North at the VA
How this improved my knowledge of the
position
Learned about: staffing requirements,
meetings, quality assurance rounds,
leadership styles, how shifts are assigned
to nurses, managers advocating for nurses
Helpful because I am pretty sure that I do
not want to be a nurse manager, but I
appreciate all that they do 6
Professional/Community Activities

Winter Quarterly Tucson Postpartum

Depression Coalition Meeting
Enhanced knowledge of: Environmental
determinants of postpartum depression,
resources available in the Tucson
community for mothers with postpartum
depression
Clinica Amistad
Enhanced knowledge of: Paper charting,
why I want to be a nurse, the healthcare
needs of underserved and border 7
populations
Professional Development Goals
Timeline

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Continuing Education Plan
Personal Aspirations
To be an excellent ICU nurse
To someday be a provider
Educational Opportunities for Improvement
CCRN, Courses offered through my hospital, take
classes independently
Short Term Improvement Strategies/Goals (present to
2 years)
Extra trainings within clinical setting (BLS renewal,
ACLS, removing central lines, administering chemo
drugs, etc.
Long Term Improvement Strategies/Goals (3 to 5 years) 9
ANCC certifications, unit specialties, NP school
References
Sigma Theta Tau (n.d.). STTI member benefits
and resources. Retrieved from
https://www.nursingsociety.org/why-stti/stti-
membership/stti-member-benefits-and-
resources

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

(n.d.). ANCC certification center. Retrieved
from
http://www.nursecredentialing.org/Certificatio
n.aspx 10

Gutkind, L. (2013). I Wasn't Strong Like this