PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
PART 1: PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
A personal development plan is a document you can use throughout your career to keep track of your personal goals and achievements. It will help identify how you are going to reach those you are yet to accomplish, and address any gaps you uncover in your skillsets along the way.
Additionally, it can act as a record of your experience and be can used as a detailed resume for potential employers and to provide evidence of your continuing professional development.
Using the template below, you should complete your personal development plan by reading each section and providing the information it requires in the spaces available.
1. PERSONAL DETAILS
PERSONAL DETAILS
Title:
First Name:
Surname:
Address:
Subu
:
State:
Postcode:
Country:
Telephone (W):
(H):
(M):
Email Address:
Date of Birth:
Citizenship:
Languages Spoken:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Country / State of Nursing Registration:
Nursing Registration Type:
AHPRA Registration Number:
Professional Memberships:
(1)
(2)
(3)
In the section below, enter your personal details. These are relevant to the activity, as they provide the basic information that you will be required to provide on a professional cu
iculum vitae (CV).
1. PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
In this section, specify all the professional or academic courses, certificates or qualifications you’ve completed. If this is your first one, simply add it as a ‘continuing’ item in the second table.
It’s important to keep track of your professional and academic achievements. As your career develops, you may undertake a number of different academic pursuits. When you record these, you should make sure the most recent one is at the top and that the others in order from most recent to least.
Graduate and postgraduate qualifications in order of most recent.
UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE
QUALIFICATION
YEAR COMPLETED
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Continuing education & training in order of most recent.
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YEAR
QUALIFICATION OR TRAINING STILL BEING COMPLETED
Awards / Nominations (E.g. top academic student of year)
YEAR
NAME OF AWARD
INSTITUTION
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2. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
All employers will want to know about the places you’ve worked before and the duties you had when you were there. In this section, add all of the jobs you’ve have had for at least the past seven (7) years, or the last 5 roles you have had (whichever is less).
DATE OF EMPLOYMENT
NAME OF EMPLOYER
POSITION
DUTIES / MAJOR
RESPONSIBILITIES
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3. PERSONAL SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES
It’s important to think about the ‘soft skills’ you have gained and how they may benefit your work. In this section, list a minimum of five (5) skills and abilities you have that aren’t formal qualifications. These will include things like time management, advanced computer skills, cash handling etc.
SKILLS
ABILITIES
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4. CLINICAL COMPETENCIES
These are clinical skills that have required extra training and assessment by an organisation, e.g. IV Cannulation or inserting an IDC.
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YEAR
COMPETENCY
INSTITUTION
5. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES
Have you participated in improving a work practice, completing audits, writing policies and procedures or risk management activities? If so, note them here.
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YEAR
ACTIVITY
6. PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING ACTIVITIES
In this section, specify a minimum of five (5) different networking initiatives you have taken part in, or that you could take part in. For example, have you joined a professional group such as a National Nursing Association, or been to a conference or networking event?
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YEAR
ACTIVITY
ORGANISATION
7. AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT
An important area of development is feedback. In the section below, consider the feedback you have received from peers, employers or friends. This may have occu
ed during a performance review or general conversation.
List a minimum of three (3) areas you require further development, based on feedback you’ve received and for each one:
· Specify who gave you the feedback or where it came from
· How the improvement might benefit you.
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IMPROVEMENT NEEDED BASED ON FEEDBACK
WHERE FEEDBACK CAME FROM
HOW THIS IMPROVEMENT MAY BENEFIT YOU
1.
2.
3.
8. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES
This is the major section of your plan. It is where you specify the actual tasks, items, needs or goals you’d like to achieve and how you’re going to achieve them. These objectives could come from personal desires, feedback from others or professional requirements. The important thing for each is to consider how they may be achieved and importantly, how you will measure their achievement.
Use this section to build a personal development plan by:
· Identifying three (3) of your goals/ learning needs. One of these may have come from feedback provided.
· Choosing at least one (1) professional development activity or training option that could be undertaken for to help achieve each goal
· Specifying at least three (3) resources, supports or type of knowledge that might be needed for each activity
· Noting a time frame by which you would like to achieve this goal
· Clarifying how you will know that you have achieved of the goal.
LEARNING NEED OR GOAL
E.g., To improve my knowledge of wound care dressing procedure
WHAT WILL I NEED TO ACHIEVE THIS?
E.g., practice in the laboratory
IDENTIFIED RESOURCES, SUPPORTS OR FURTHER TRAINING
E.g., Request further training in the workplace
TIME FRAME FOR COMPLETION
E.g., 3 – 6 months
METHOD OF MEASURING PROGRESS
E.g., through assessment and feedback from others
1.
2.
3.
9. EVIDENCE OF ACHIEVEMENT
(Not required for assessment – but to be used to document achievement of the goals you have identified in the Personal development objectives section above)
When you have started achieving your goals, you should complete this section by specifying the items that prove you have attained them. E.g., you might now have a certificate of competency for something. Also, you should be reflecting on what you learnt and noting how you could do things differently or in a more advanced manner next time.
Short Course/ Study Day Attendance:
DATE
ACTIVITY
Specify the course, unit, qualification or training name.
Note: You can attach program, certificates as evidence to this document
REFLECTION ON LEARNING
Consider these questions when answering:
· What did I learn?
· Is this what I set out to learn?
· How can I apply this to my practice?
· Do I need further learning?
HOURS
10. CURRENT AND EMERGING TRAINING OPTIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT
As a nurse, you will be required to undertake a range of specific development. When you do, ensure you note and date them here. This part of the plan will become crucial for your registration and CPD. While you may not yet have had to undertake any of these, they can greatly contribute to improving your practice.
For this section, you must research and provide a description of a few items below. Specifically:
· Add and describe two (2) emerging developments in the nursing industry that you can use to improve your practice (E.g. Technology or training methods)
· Review three (3) of the options listed and provide a description
CURRENT/EMERGING TRAINING OPTION
DESCRIPTION OF OPTION – WRITE ABOUT THE OUTCOME AND BENEFIT OF EACH
DATE COMPLETED
Blood safe on line modules
Hand Hygiene module
Emergency Codes training
Infection Control
Manual Handling - materials
Manual Handling - people
Medication management
Basic Life Support and SAED
Basic Infant/Neonatal Resuscitation Practical Assessment
Annual Fire & Safety training
11. MEETING PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
As a nurse, you will be expected to comply with a range of state-based and federal standards that govern your practice and approach to care. In this section, you should reflect on how you have done so for each of the sections below, noting at least two (2) specific actions you have undertaken that relate to two (2) specific standards for each field.
Evidence of Achievement of ANMC competency standards for enrolled (division 2) nurses.
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DOMAIN
DOMAIN TITLE
SELF-ASSESSMENT AGAINST THE STANDARDS
1.
Professional and collaborative practice
2.
Provision of Care
3.
Reflective and analytical practice
REFLECTIVE PRACTICE
HEADING
REFLECTION
Description
Feelings
Evaluation
Analysis
Reflection should form part of your daily approach to work and life. It is through reflection that we can determine growth in knowledge and skills and also consider area of continuing development. Reflection can also assist us to determine how our actions reflect our practice and how our actions may affect others. Using the Gi
s Cycle of Reflection headings below, reflect on a difficult situation, conversation or conflict they may have witnessed or been involved in?
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
PART 2: SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
For this part of your Personal Development Plan, you are required to respond to the questions below.
Your responses should be typed into the spaces provided. These questions must be answered in full. When responding to the questions, please pay attention to the entire question being asked, as well as the prescribed word count.
QUESTION 1
Personal and professional development requires more than simply undertaking a training course