Professional Development

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Emily H. Healy
Direct Patient Care Abilities
Short-term Goals (1-2 Years)
Personal Strengths

Represent prestigious hospital in nurse

Social/communication skills residency program
Become comfortable in role as nurse
Time-management skills
and receive recognition as proficient
Flexible nature member of healthcare team
Reliable Strategies: Serve only at highest
potential to develop professional
Punctual relationship with patients and
Team player competent mentor

Long-term Goals (3-5 Years)

Continue education in energy work and
alternative medicine
Personal Weaknesses Develop reputation as reliable,
Self-critical reputable, and competent nurse and
patient advocate
Struggle to move on after Serve in leadership role
mistake Strategies: Stay true to myself, take
Unfamiliar with latest software time for self outside of work, and
remain up-to-date on evidence-based
People-pleaser nursing practice
Unit Leadership Abilities
Short-term Goals (1-2 Years)
Personal Strengths

Read leadership books and

Communication skills and
patience
Positive attitude
Dedication to finish tasks
Open-minded to new ideas
and input
assume role in leadership
Communicate often with
interdisciplinary
healthcare team
Communicate with others
when mistake is made

Long-term Goals (3-5 Years)

Areas to Improve Assume role as charge

Critical
nurse
Struggle to let past
Serve as nurse leader and
mistakes go mentor for new nurses
Assertiveness
Professional Development
Short-term Goals (1-2 Years)
Pass the NCLEX
Assume job as registered nurse in new graduate
program at a prestigious hospital
Become proficient in selected unit
Take courses in energy work
Strategies:
Study for NCLEX via Kaplan
Apply for variety of residency
positions
Follow up on applications
Be prompt and passionate in
career and continue to
provide evidence-based
practices based on self
research
Long-term Goals (3-5 Years)
Bring energy work to the bedside
Continue education in integrative
medicine and nutrition
Consider traveling nursing positions
Begin own practice to serve people
in mental/emotional/spiritual manner
Strategies:
Represent hospital that encourages
holistic medicine
Research traveling companies to
work under
Read books about self-employment
in effort to start own holistic
practice
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey
And to change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
(Covey, 2012)
Each individual has a different perspective. It is important to understand others point of
view before judging an action right or wrong. This creates a caring, positive
atmosphere
Slowing down and taking time to understand individuals is a personal strength; however, I can always
work to improve upon it
Build inner character first- private victory before public victory.
By staying true to ones self and knowing the person you are, you can create a private
victory. Then, others may follow and a successful team is established.
I can work toward recognizing myself before looking for recognition from others
Search your own heart with all diligence for out of it flow the issues of life.
A personal strength: whatever I put my heart to, I make happen. I am mindful of myself and
often look inside to assess how I am feeling before taking on a job or performing an action.
But the greatest opportunities and boundless accomplishments of the Knowledge
Worker Age are reserved for those who master the art of we.
I learned that interdependence is a reality in healthcare and vital for success. I need to
work toward communicating with everyone in the healthcare team (speaking and listening)
once I begin my nursing profession.
Covey, S. R. (2012).The 7 habits of highly effective people: Powerful lessons in personal change. Place of
publication not identified: FranklinCovey Co.
Lessons from Covey
My Father
Suggested I read Coveys Seven Habits of Highly
Effective People since my first year of high school
My desire to build character
Enhanced my knowledge of self-awareness
Changed my perspective of teamwork
Learned how to better prioritize
Discovered importance of self concept in
workforce, and all aspects of life
Leadership Shadowing Experience
Oncology Nurse Manager

Role of Nurse Manager

Manages dermatology, hematology, oncology, cardiology, and
echo-cardiology floors at Southern Ariona Veterans Affairs
Hospital
Rationale for Choice
Wanted to learn more about oncology prior to pursuing a
career as a registered oncology nurse
Strengths of Experience
Gained insight into management position
Learned importance of organization
Witnessed value of being a team player
Inspired me to pursue management position later in career
Realized how important it is to understand others (i.e. floor nurses)
before managing them
Professional Activity
University of Arizona SILC
Lab
Opportunity
Sutured sponges for second
semester students to use to
practice suture removal
What I Learned
Value of paying attention to
detail
Patience (4 hours of
suturing does not go very
quickly)
How to suture
Feel confident in ability to
stitch
Pascua Yaqui Food
Demonstration
Opportunity
Assisted nutritionist cook various
split pea soups at Senior Citizen
Center on Pascua Yaqui Indian
Reservation
Taught nutritional lesson to seniors
Tailored lunch (split pea soups) and
teaching to chief health concerns of
audience (diabetes and
hypertension)
What I Learned
Role of culture on health and dietary
choices
20-minute lesson is most effective
for seniors
Seniors are willing to change their
lifestyle
Seniors pass knowledge on to younger
generations
Visual Timeline of Goals

Pass NCLEX and Begin advancing

Work on Medical- education in energy
become Registered Surgical unit in Nurse
Nurse (June work (April 20, 2018)
Residency Program
15,2017)
Study using Kaplan (August 1, 2017) Find in-class and online
Dedicate time to study Apply for residency programs as classes to take outside of
each day a med-surg applicant work days
Follow up with applications Look into Integrative
Medicine Graduate
Programs

Pursue degree in
Integrative
Practice healing Medicine (January
works of energy at Find area of
2020)
bedside (January 1, specialty and
assume Attend prestige
2019) institution
leadership role
Utilize practices (August 1, 2019) Continue working in
from education Become confident in role of specialty as RN
RN
Stay up-to-date on
evidence based practices
Higher Education Endeavors
Short-term Goals (2017-2019)
Personal Aspirations
Pursue education in
energy work
Attend online and in-class
school in addition to
working as RN on med-surg
Long-term Goals (2020-2022)
Achieve certification as
Oncology Nurse
Potential Opportunities
Represent hospital that
supports integrative
medicine
Get hired as RN on
oncology floor
Achieve certification in various
forms of energy work
Become proficient and reputable
nurse
Develop working flow and
individual practicing techniques
Utilize alternative forms of
healing at bedside
Become proficient in array of
diagnoses
Become fluent with medical
terminology
Discover nursing specialty
Travel nursing
Continue education in
Integrative Medicine Program
References

Covey, S. R. (2012).The 7 habits of highly

effective people: Powerful lessons in
personal change. Place of publication not
identified: FranklinCovey Co.