Professional Development Plan for Nursing

This assignment outlines a professional development plan for a nursing student. It begins with a SWOT analysis identifying strengths like empathy and communication, alongside weaknesses like time management and handling emergencies. The self-reflection highlights the importance of therapeutic relationships and the need to improve practical skills. A learning plan details strategies to overcome weaknesses through courses, mentorship, and group sessions over a timeframe of several months to achieve long-term goals. The assignment concludes with the student's philosophy of providing holistic and competent patient-centered care.

Running head: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSIGNMENT
Professional development assignment
Name of the student:
Name of the university:
Author note:

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Table of Contents
Introduction 2
SWOT analysis: 2
Self-reflection and analysis: 3
Learning plan: 4
Philosophy and conclusion: 5
References: 7

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Introduction:
Nursing can be considered as one of the greatest and most noble professions, where the
job responsibility of the nurses are to provide support and assistance to the sick and ailing.
However, the health needs are changing fast and that is the reason why the health care
providers have o modify and improve their professional capabilities to handle the growing
needs of the hanging patient population that is the reason why the importance of a
professional development is extreme in this case (Schweitzer and Krassa 2010). This
assignment will focus on a professional development plan and emphasis on career goals
based on a SWOT analysis that will be immensely helpful in my transition to registered
nursing practice.
SWOT analysis:
Strengths:
What are your strengths?
Communicative, friendly, responsible,
compassionate, empathetic, reliable. The most
important strength for me is the fact that I am
very responsible and very attentive towards my
work.
What do you do better than others?
The best quality that I have is developing a
therapeutic connection with the patients.
weaknesses:
What are your weaknesses?
The most important weakness that I have in
context of my professional practice is the lack of
time management and nervousness during
handling emergencies like practice in emergency
department.
What do others do better than you?
The other nursing practitioner are able to handle
emergency situation with more assertive and
integrated practice much better than ii can do.

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What might others perceive as your strengths?
Due to my communicative and easy going the
patient, people find it very comfortable to talk to
me. Hence, it can be perceived as an enviable
strength as I will be able to develop a mutually
respectful relation with the patients easily.
What might others think are your weak
areas?
My lack of time management and lack of
assertive personality.
Opportunities:
What could you do to improve an area if you
had the resources?
One of the greatest improvements that i can make
in my professional practice is handling
emergency situations and multidisciplinary team
work.
Threats:
What negatively impacts on you?
Extreme work load and emergency care
providing is the most stressful work experiences
for me.
What internal and external factors are you
concerned about?
My lack of effective time management and my
inability to handle and emergency stressful
situation with assertive control can be an extreme
obstacle in the path of my career development.
Self-reflection and analysis:
It has to be understood that as a nursing professional myself, having a comfortable, easy
going, and compassionate nature is extremely important. The patents spend the most of their
time being supported and cared for by the nursing professionals. According to the registered

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nurse practice standards, a very important aspect of patient centred care is maintaining a
mutually respectful and therapeutic connection with the patient, where the patient will feel
comfortable enough to share his or her preferences and grievances with the nursing
professional (Nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au. 2018). Hence, these qualities that I have
identified in the SWOT analysis will help me to develop a trusting therapeutic relationship
with and provide a holistic and compassionate care. However, having qualities like time
management, assertive communication and integrated collaborative practice is another few
set of attributes, which are crucial for my career growth to be optimal. Without these
qualities, I will never be able to get over my fear of emergency situation (Ross, Barr and
Stevens 2013). There is need for a plan of action that will help me to overcome these fears
and shortcomings.
Learning plan:
Learning goal Strategies Timeframe Evaluation
Overcome my time
management skills
I will attempt to
develop my time
management skills
during my placement
practice and maintain a
self reflection journal
to keep track of my
progress.
It is a short term goal. I
will try to achieve this
goal within next six to
eight months
It will help me to be
more efficient and fast
in my professional
responsibilities and will
enhance my reliability
and competence (Moon
2013).
Overcome my fear of
emergency situation
I would undertake
professional courses
It is a long term goal
and this might take a
These courses will help
me develop the

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and decreased
performance under
extreme work pressure
and CPD (continuous
professional
development)
programs.
year or two to get
completed
qualities required to
handle a stressful
emergency situation
and i will learn the soft
skills required to apply
clinical reasoning and
assertive collaborative
practice from the
professionals (Jasper
2011)
Develop my integrated
collaborative practice
abilities.
I will attempt to
undertake professional
advice from my seniors
and take help from
group sessions to
improve my
collaborative practice
It is a long-term goal,
which will take about a
year for me to
complete.
This group and one to
one sessions will help
me understand how to
improve my
collaborative practice
skills based on
practical scenarios
(Bolton 2010).
Philosophy and conclusion:
According to my understanding of nursing responsibilities, my philosophies are to
establish my practice on the basis of providing holistic and competent patient centred care,
even in emergency situations, I want to be able to provide optimal care and support to the
patients and their family. The primary driving factor behind my choice of this career was to

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provide support and care to the sick and ailing at all circumstances. I hope that following the
professional development plan that I have put together, I will be able to provide effective and
safe person centred care as a registered nurse at all possible circumstances.