Planning for Lifelong Learning: Creating a Successful Career Roadmap

Sandra Bellini, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC, CNE

Associate Professor; Director, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Track University of Connecticut School of Nursing, Storrs, CT Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, CT

The speaker has signed a disclosure statement indicating that she has no significant financial interest or relationship with the companies or the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product and/or service that will be discussed as part of this presentation.

Session Summary With so much focus on becoming an NNP, what’s next in our career development after achieving that goal? Adopting a lifelong learning philosophy addressing early, mid, and later stage professional development can serve as a great backdrop for plotting the roadmap to success on your individual career journey. This session is intended to assist both novice and seasoned NNPs with creating a “career GPS” determining current position, setting out an individual roadmap to a final career destination, and finding the “on ramp” to get you on your way!

Session Objectives Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

▪ discuss the disciplinary philosophy of nursing regarding “lifelong learning”;

▪ describe the typical stages of a career lifespan;

▪ identify current individual professional development status;

▪ discuss attributes of successful professional people via Case Presentation;

▪ describe common strategies for “career success”;

▪ apply strategies for success to create a list of short and long term goals related to individual lifelonglearning and career timeline.

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Handout will be available at the time of session.

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