Personal Professional Development Plan in Nursing

Vision and Interests Personal VALUES Influencing FACTORS Responsibilities • Providing holistic, safe, and patient-centered care. • Providing individualized attention to patients when delivering care. Commitment • Model positive healthy behaviors. • Maintain current knowledge and skills while engaging in self-enhancement through continuous learning. • Uphold personal and professional standards of practice at all times during nursing practice. Personal Experience • I have previously cared for a sick family member before joining the nursing career. This influenced my choice to pursue a career in nursing.

Family Member(s) • The family member I cared for influenced my decision to pursue a career in the nursing field. Friends and Peers • Most of my friends and peers are in the nursing field and have encouraged me to pursue a career in this field. Mentors Work-Related OPTIONS to Consider PLANNED Accomplishments Education • I will engage in continuous education to enhance my competence and skills in nursing. Financial Needs • Tuition fees and other expenses in pursuing continuous education.

Balancing Personal & Professional Life • The demands of nursing practice can generate extra burdens, which required balancing personal and professional life. I will need to create enough rest during my personal time in order to avoid the burdens of nursing practice. As an Individual • I intend to achieve a doctorate degree in the nursing field. Leader • As a leader, I will seek to mentor and inspire others to not only enter this field but create a positive environment that enhances quality of care and patient outcomes.

Team Member • I will work with my colleagues to improve healthcare quality through delivery of individualized care that meet patients' needs. My SWOT Analysis STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES Personal Strengths/Talents • My personal strengths/talents include honesty, persistence, kindness, attention to detail, and taking responsibility. Professional Interests • My professional interests include making positive contributions to enhance healthcare quality and commitment to lifelong learning. Personal Characteristics • My personal weaknesses include tendency to dominate, aggressiveness, and being overly task-oriented.

Professional Development Areas • Financial limitations to meet the financial needs required for lifelong learning in nursing. OPPORTUNITIES THREATS Learning Experiences • Numerous lifelong learning opportunities exist in the nursing field. Flexibility • The nursing field and practice is constantly evolving and provides numerous opportunities for learning. Planned or Unplanned • Nursing shortage presents an opportunity to succeed in this field. Resources and Networks • There are different ways to meet the financial needs for pursuing a nursing career including scholarships and work-study programs.

Balancing Personal & Professional Life • Flexible work schedules in the nursing field provide opportunities to effectively balance personal and professional life. Fears • The lack of adequate financial resources could affect my ability to achieve a doctorate degree and engage in lifelong learning. Competition • Nursing is becoming so competitive to an extent that getting an opportunity in a nursing school is more difficult. Limiting Factors • The nursing shortage is a threat that could generate extra burdens that limit my effectiveness as a nurse practitioner.

• I may not achieve my desired learning goals within the desired period because of unprecedented factors. My Professional Goals Write at least one goal in each time category. Write the goal in measurable terms, and list them in order of those that are most important to you to those that are least important. As a New BSN Graduate With Experience 3 -- 5 Years • Join a professional nursing organization within the first year of graduation.

• Engage in nursing practices that support furthering education, conducting research, and developing my clinical skills within the first three years in the organization. • Obtain a post-graduate degree within five years. • Develop into a successful clinical nurse working at a professional nursing facility within five years. • Continually engage in lifelong learning through attending conferences, reading journals, and obtaining certifications within three years. New Horizons 10 Years Career Accomplishments 25 - 30 Years • Work in a nursing management or supervisory role in a healthcare facility within 10 years of nursing practice.

• Start mentoring new nurses towards proficiency in nursing practice. • Conduct research and publish journals that help enhance nursing practice with regards to improved healthcare quality. • Provide training in workshops and conferences towards improving the competencies and skills of nurses based on the changing nature of nursing practice. Part B: Analysis and Conclusions Statement of Philosophy Record your statements of philosophy of Nursing and of personal philosophy.

Explain how these are reflected the values, vision, and personal interests that you recorded in your "My Vision and Interests" tool. The general philosophy of nursing is centered on assisting others through professionalism, compassion, and accountability (Kutin, 2013). The philosophy of nursing is commitment to providing high-quality healthcare to patients in a safe environment that improves patient outcomes. My personal philosophy is a responsibility and commitment to the public as a nurse of provide patient-centered, holistic, and safe care.

The statements are reflected in the values, vision, and personal interests provided in Part A because of focus on patient-centered care through lifelong learning. Through lifelong learning, I will enhance my skills and abilities to provide patient-centered, holistic, and safe care through increased professionalism, compassion, and accountability. The enhanced professionalism, compassion, and accountability will be achieved through improved scientific knowledge, technical skills, and human values brought by lifelong learning (Gokenbach, 2012).

Use of Assessment Tools to Formulate Goals Clearly utilize information from the Assessment Tools as the basis for formulating your goals. Develop a list of prioritized goals based on your assessments. Goals must be stated in measurable terms, i.e., how can you tell you have accomplished that goal? Identify dates for accomplishing each goal. Based on my assessments, I have identified several goals that I will prioritize in my nursing education and practice.

One of my priority goals is to attain the necessary foundational competencies and skills for becoming a successful nurse through my BSN course. Graduate-level nursing education provides foundational competencies and skills for success in nursing practice. The foundational skills obtained during the graduate training program helps in developing critical qualities for success throughout nursing practice. I will achieve this goal upon graduating with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing degree.

In this case, the date of my graduation will be an indicator of the achievement of this goal and the starting point for a successful career in nursing practice. My second priority goal in nursing is commitment to lifelong learning since I believe that education in the nursing field does not end at graduation. Davis, Taylor & Reyes (2014) define lifelong learning as a formal and informal process that entails seeking and recognizing new ideas, knowledge, and skills relating to a specific field of practice.

The formal and informal nature of lifelong learning implies that it incorporates activities in personal and professional life to enhance knowledge that is in turn translated into enhanced capacity to provide high quality healthcare (Witt, 2011). I will accomplish this goal within the first five years of my nursing practice through participating in conferences and other learning opportunities that provide certifications. While lifelong learning is a lifelong process, increased participation in learning conferences and workshops and obtain relevant certifications will be indicators of my achievement of this goal.

Additionally, obtaining a doctorate degree within the next five to seven years will be an indicator of achievement of this goal. My third priority goal is to become a leader in the nursing field through working in a management or supervisory nursing role and mentoring new nurses. I intend to achieve this goal within the next 10 years through working a nurse manager or supervisor in a professional nursing education.

The achievement of this goal will be determined by examining my position in the professional nursing organization I'll be working at 10 years from now. Specific Strategies Identify specific strategies for accomplishing your goals. Give specific examples for accomplishing your goals, including resources and major intermediate steps. To achieve my first goal of developing foundational skills for nursing practice, I'll continue pursuing my graduate degree in this field.

I will focus on my current studies to continue learning about my specialty in nursing and essential qualities that will enable me become a successful nurse. To achieve the second goal of commitment to.