PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT
C

PRESENTATION
Karla Arana
Direct Patient Care

Strengths Areas for Improvement

• Listening to patients • Anticipating the needs of
• Educating patients on the patients
their medications and • Collaborating with
treatments providers and suggesting
• Empathizing with treatments
patients and their • Time management
families
Direct patient care

Short Term goals Longer Term goals (3-5

(present-2 years) years)
• Gain confidence in my • Become comfortable
clinical skills and managing care for patients
transition into my with more complex
professional role as a diagnoses and treatments
nurse • Be able to integrate new
• Assume total patient evidence based research
care into my nursing practice
 Leadership abilities
Short term goals (present- 2 years)
Strengths • Become involved in committees
• Holding leadership positions in on my unit or hospital
organizations outside of nursing • Become certified in CRRT, ECMO
• Medical ICU preceptorship and other medical equipment
Areas for improvement Long term goals (3-5 years)
• Develop my own leadership style • Work as a charge nurse
• Improve public speaking skills • Become a preceptor for new
graduates/students
Professional development
Short term goals (present-2 years)
• Pass the NCLEX and become licensed in CA
• Complete a new graduate nurse residency
program
• Work on a Cardiac ICU floor
Long term goals (3-5 years)
• Become certified as a CCRN
• Become a member of the American Association
of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)
• Conduct research on my unit
 Leadership Book Choice

• Harris, R. (2011). The confidence gap. Boston, Massachusetts:

Trumpeter Books.
• This book talked about how to use mindfulness in order to confront
feelings of self doubt
• Due to the high stress environment of the ICU, it is important to
practice self care
Professional Growth:
• Mindfulness can prevent burnout
• Maintaining a positive attitude allows me to provide the best care to
patients
 Leadership shadowing
experience
• St Joseph’s Hospital: Medical ICU Charge Nurse
• The charge nurse was very supportive of staff members
• The charge nurse was its own position
• The charge nurse had a variety of administrative
responsibilities
• I gained a better understanding of staffing
• I was able to speak with the House Supervisor during my
shadowing experience
 Professional activities
Basic Life Support Recertification
• This was an important refresher on CPR
• I was able to learn about resuscitation of
a drowning victim
• This is a common required certification
Stop the Bleed Training
• This training dealt with cases of life-
threatening bleeding in a non-medical
setting
• I was able to learn how to properly use a
tourniquet in the event of an emergency
Casa Maria Food Bank
Volunteering
• I was able to work with a population
that I had not previously worked with
• I was able to see how many people
relied on the food bank as a source of
food
• This community included many
homeless individuals who also relied on
various other programs provided by this
food bank, such as access to clothing
and medical services
 Higher education plan
Personal Aspirations:
• Continue to acquire new skills
• Complete a DNP program and
become a CRNA
Potential Opportunities:
• Various California hospitals offer
tuition reimbursement programs
• UCLA, UCSF, UC San Diego offer
Nurse Anesthetist programs
Short Term Goals (present- 2 years):
• Graduate with my BSN
• Work as an ICU nurse for 2-3 years
• Become a CCRN
Long Term Goals (3-5 years):
• Begin a 3 year Nurse Anesthetist
program
 Timeline

2019-2022
June 2019
May 2019 September
Graduate with a 2019 Work as an
Take the
BSN Begin ICU RN,
NCLEX
working as a become a
exam
RN CCRN

2023
2024-2027 2027
Apply to Nurse Complete Begin working
Anesthetist Nurse as a CRNA
programs Anesthetist
program
References
• Harris, R. (2011). The confidence gap. Boston,
Massachusetts: Trumpeter Books.