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Direct Patient care

Professional
Development
Bryanna Barcelo

! Personal Strengths

! Short term Goals/Strategies

o New graduate, know most

o Graduate

recent evidence based

practice.

o Compassionate
o Strong patient advocate
! Opportunities for
Improvement

o New graduate, need more

experience.

o Pass Nclex
o Provide competent care to
patients at VA.

! Long term goals/strategies

o Provide competent care
independently

o Use evidence based practice

o Self care

Unit Leadership
! Personal Strengths

! Short term goals/strategies

o Use strategies and evidence

o In the next two years I want

based practices learned in

school on unit

o Experience being a leader

! Opportunities for
Improvement

o Join committees
o Take on more roles on the

to be charge nurse of my unit

! Address Long term goals

strategies

o In five years I want to be

Professional Development
! Short term goals/
strategies

! Long term goals/

strategies

o EKG Certification

o Journal of Critical Care

o ACLS Certification

o Stay updated with all

o ICU Certifications

certifications

able to precept new nurses

and student nurses.

o CNL

unit

The Gifts of Imperfection

! The book has
complimented own
strengths and areas for
improvement

o Compliments my strong
advocacy skills.

o Compliments an are of
improvement: Selfcompassion

o Compliments an are of

improvement: Cultivating
intuition

! The book is beneficial to

my professional growth

o Teaches me to stay strong

to my values

o Meaningful work
o Caring for myself so that I
can care for others.

Shadowing Experience
! Why charge nurse?
o Position that I aspire
o Wanted to learn more about qualities needed and description
of role.

! What did I learn?

o Charge nurse needs good time management, critical thinking
skills and organizational skills.

o Charge nurse is often in ratio

o Charge nurse has management duties

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Professional Activity
! Integrative Nursing in
Action Workshop

o Wanted to learn alternative

therapies

o Learned about music

therapy, acupressure and

reiki

! Mass Casualty training

o Wanted to learn how to

respond in mass casualties

o Learned valuable and

specialized skills such as

tourniquets, and preparing
for a natural disaster.

o Integrative practices can

be used in daily practice

Timeline

Educational Plan
! Addresses Personal
Aspirations

! Short term goal/strategies

o Pass the Nclex by taking

o Pursue education

Kaplan

o Precept students and new

o ACLS, EKG and any

! Addresses Potential

! Long term goal/strategies

nurses

Opportunities

o Join Critical Care Journal

relevant courses to the ICU

o Nurse practitioner

o Be part of Journal Club at

VA

References
! Brown, B. (2010).The Gifts of Imperfection. Center
City, Minnesota: Hazelden.

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