Glasgow Caledonian University: NS4001 Personal Development Plan

This document presents a personal and professional development plan created by a nursing student at Glasgow Caledonian University for the NS4001 course. The plan outlines the student's goals and objectives for personal and professional growth, focusing on key areas such as academic writing, time management, and communication skills. The assignment includes a tabulated form detailing development objectives, activities, required resources, and achievement dates. The student aims to improve writing skills through tutoring and resource utilization, enhance time management through prioritization and technology use, and develop communication skills through practice and reflection. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of these skills for future success in the nursing profession, referencing several academic sources to support the strategies discussed.

Running head: PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author note

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Discussion........................................................................................................................................2
Tabulated form of personal and professional development.........................................................2
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
Reference.......................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
It is very much important and necessary for a person to learn and develop their own skills
along with knowledge in order to continue to work legally, safely and obviously effectively. The
main aim of the personal as well as professional development is to help in the management of the
learning and the growth throughout whole of the career (Hawks et al., 2016). I am a first year
student pursuing the Bachelor of Science in nursing. I have an ambition of becoming a great
professional nurse. Many differences are there in becoming a normal nurse or a great
professional nurse. In order to develop my own personal skills I have developed a personal and
professional development plan, which reveals the goals and objectives that I wish to achieve in
my nursing practices.
Discussion
Tabulated form of personal and professional development
The objectives of
development
The activities for
the developments
What is the
different thing
that I will be
doing?
The resources
required
Date of
achievement
1.Aim to develop
well in the
academic writing
The students are
able to both read
and write
effectively only
when they are
trained properly.
Appropriate
I will become
more satisfied and
I will also feel that
I will become
more experienced
than the former
students (Hawks
In order to
increase the
personal learning I
shall spent much
time daily for
practicing the
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tutoring is
essential. The
tutoring is the
pedagocical
meeting in
between the
student and the
tutor. It is one of
the most important
responsibilities for
the teachers to
properly design the
tutorials so that the
students can learn
properly. The
teachers are
expected to use
their knowledge
and experiences
use different
pedagogical
methods in helping
the students
operationalize and
also in transferring
their knowledge
et al., 2016)
I will be able to
reflect on the areas
of the nursing
practices and I will
be able to identify
on the areas on
which I need to
rectify (Miller et
al., 2015).
I will no doubt be
able to learn about
the different
scientific
approaches which
are used in the
nursing practices
(Oliveira et al.,
2016).
I will be able to
gain new
knowledge and at
the same time
integrate those
with the older ones
writing activities.
Daily I shall read
the different books
and the journals
which discusses
about the courses
of nursing.
Properly
interacting with
the professional
nurses in several
institutions are
required to
strengthen the
professional skills.

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onto their context.
It is better for both
the teachers and
the students to
follow a proper
plan so that the
student can learn
the pedagogical
approaches
properly (Bailey
et al., 2015).
Another way that
the students can
follow is to
following the
different learning
sources like
resources from the
databases,
libraries, lectures,
study guidelines
and also from
different lectures
(Oliveira et al.,
2016).
(Bailey et al.,
2015).

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2.Aim in
managing the
time properly
The first most
important thing is
prioritize which
thing is more
important and
should act
accordingly
(McCutcheon et
al., 2015)
A professional
nurse must be
much organized
so that she need
not to waste time
on other things,
this also reduces
the panic.
Proper
communication
will also help in
managing time.
The students
must not delegate
I will definitely
start practicing to
prioritize which
works are more
important and
which works are
less important to
me and will act
accordingly and
must also ensure
that I am not
wasting my time
in doing
unnecessary
things
(McCutcheon et
al., 2015)
I shall practice
how to
communicate
effectively and
must take the
usefulness of the
Proper practice is
the most
effective way to
manage time.
For doing these,
different articles
of nursing which
deals with the
cases or issues of
managing time
can be read by
the nurses.
For personal
development the
nurses need to
take the help of
the senior nurses
who are already
proficient in
dealing with time
managements.
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certain tasks to
others as the
team work is
very essential.
The technology
advancements
should be used as
much as possible,
like using the
medical
instruments.
The nursing
students must
know effective
ways to read and
write and also
thy must know
the exact time to
do the multi tasks
and when not to
do these.
The nursing
students must
technology as
much as possible
(Lai et al., 2015).

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realize the exact
time when they
can take breaks
(Mannix, Parry
and Roderick,
2017).
3.Aim to develop
the
communication
A nursing student
must need to
develop the
effective
communication
skills as the
whole procedure
of the care giving
are dependent on
the
communication
in between the
nurses and the
patients.
In order to do all
these, the nurses
I will practice the
effective
communication
and the most
important way is
to speak slowly
(Dehghani,
Mosalanejad and
Dehghan-Nayeri,
2015).
I must not speak
loudly and will
speak clearly. I
will also
definitely not use
any slangs while
In order to learn
about the
effective
communication
techniques,
several nursing
books of
communication
and several
practical cases
involving
discrepancy
cases of
communication
must also be
read.
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can attend
different
seminars or
lectures where
the skills of
effective
communication
are taught.
The students
need to practice
among
themselves the
effective
communication
skills (Dehghani,
Mosalanejad and
Dehghan-Nayeri,
2015).
The nursing
students must
understand the
effectiveness of
the verbal
communicating
with the patients.
I must also
develop the
practice of
effective
listening (Lewis,
Gaffney and
Wilson, 2017).
Proper body
language must be
shown to the
patients and
finally I must
reflect on my
improvements
about the
effective
communication
(Halcomb et al.,
2016).

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communication
than the non-
verbal
communication.
It is better to
communicate
with the patients
verbally than
non-verbally
which can even
lead to
misunderstanding
in between the
patient and the
nurses.
Conclusion
The personal and the professional development plan is the most effective way of
improving personal and professional skills of persons working in any field. In the nursing
profession I found the improvement of the writing skills, proper management of time and the
effective communication are needed not only for me but also for each and every nursing students
in order to become a successful professional nurse in future. I will follow the methods mentioned

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above in order to overcome all my weakness regarding my profession and will also suggest other
nursing students to follow these aspects only.

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