Personal-Professional Development Plan for Nursing Practice

Running head: NURSING ASSIGNMENT
Personal-Professional development plan
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

1NURSING ASSIGNMENT
Nurses are principally involved working in healthcare centres where hands-on care is
provided to patients such as, managing intravenous line, administering medications, monitoring
current health condition, maintaining medical records and continuously communicating it with
the doctors (Anderson and St Hilaire 2012). Owing to the fact that I am in the early stages of my
nursing profession, I lack several clinical skills as well as knowledge that are required to provide
optimal health care services to patients. Although during the nursing graduate program I got
several opportunities to understand the underlying pathophysiology for a wide range of health
disorders, most often I display a failure in implementing proper interventions while treating those
disorders among patients. The transition of a graduate nurse to an RN is most often stressful,
challenging as well as exciting (Clark and Springer 2012). Hence, I intend to develop my
professional and personal skills that will facilitate the first step into my working life.
I have a sound understanding of the fact that while the duty of a registered nurse varies
according to the area of clinical expertise, adorning some basic skills will make it easier to
conduct a successful nursing practice in future. Therefore, there is a need to formulate a
professional development plan that will help in documenting clinical competencies as well as the
areas where there is a lack, related to nursing expertise (Rush et al. 2013). The major factors that
will play a role in formulation of professional development plan are given below:
 Focusing on goals- My primary objective will be to set off trackers and alarms that will
continuously monitor whether the intended goals has been accomplished. It will also help
in achieving objectives within stipulated time.
 Self reward- Rewarding one-self for small or big accomplishment often acts as a boost to
the morale (Berridge 2012). This will motivate me and enhance my professional
performance.

2NURSING ASSIGNMENT
 Maintaining accountability- Nurses are answerable for their actions (Krautscheid 2014).
Therefore, maintaining accountability to my mentor to follow the nursing standards of
practice and codes of conduct will help in professional growth and prevent me from
procrastinating.
 Reflective journal- This journal will not only act as a record of daily incidents but will
also help in capturing my feelings and facilitate utilisation of evidence based research
and nursing theories.
SWOT analysis and learning plan- On completion of the SWOT analysis I was able to
identify the specific nursing areas where more expertise is required. It assisted me to realise that
I lack competence in clinical decision making, which is of extreme importance while treating
patients.
I was initially unaware of the fact that continuous professional development and reflection is
imperative to a successful professional nursing practice. The process of lifelong learning usually
encompasses voluntary, ongoing and a self motivated pursuit of gaining new knowledge for both
personal and professional reasons (Lowe et al. 2012). Therefore I realise that such learning helps
in self-sustainability, competitiveness and increases employability, in addition to enhancing
social inclusion. This reflection will help in reducing chances of errors by improving decision
making and critical judgement skills, thereby preventing potential harm towards patients.
3 strategies to support resilience and professional development-
 Delivering best quality treatment that improves overall health and well-being of my
clients is crucial in nursing practice. I intend to get admitted to small duration educational
and CPD courses that are conducted by experts from the nursing industry and other