Personal Challenges
Personal and Professional Challenges
Nursing 391
August 07, 2012
Personal and Professional Challenges Matrix Worksheet
Use the following matrix to describe three personal and three professional challenges. For each challenge, describe time and stress management techniques along with personal development resources that may help a nurse overcome these challenges.
|Personal Challenge |Time Management Technique |Stress Management Technique |Personal Development Resources |
|Example: Balancing work and family |Use a calendar or organizer to plan my |Take regular family vacations. |Family counseling and self-help books |
|responsibilities |schedule. | | |
| | | | |
|1.) Balancing my work schedule, school |I will get organized by making a weekly |I will take one thing at a time when feeling |I can access books from the library and online |
|schedule, and my social life. |schedule involving my work schedule, school |overwhelmed. I will take a break when studying |journals from the University of Phoenix |
| |schedule and free time for myself. I will stick|or doing homework and do something that I enjoy|library, on effective time management skills |
| |to my weekly schedule. I will prioritize tasks |doing, such as listening to music or talking |and stress reduction interventions. |
| |by
Nursing 391
August 07, 2012
Personal and Professional Challenges Matrix Worksheet
Use the following matrix to describe three personal and three professional challenges. For each challenge, describe time and stress management techniques along with personal development resources that may help a nurse overcome these challenges.
|Personal Challenge |Time Management Technique |Stress Management Technique |Personal Development Resources |
|Example: Balancing work and family |Use a calendar or organizer to plan my |Take regular family vacations. |Family counseling and self-help books |
|responsibilities |schedule. | | |
| | | | |
|1.) Balancing my work schedule, school |I will get organized by making a weekly |I will take one thing at a time when feeling |I can access books from the library and online |
|schedule, and my social life. |schedule involving my work schedule, school |overwhelmed. I will take a break when studying |journals from the University of Phoenix |
| |schedule and free time for myself. I will stick|or doing homework and do something that I enjoy|library, on effective time management skills |
| |to my weekly schedule. I will prioritize tasks |doing, such as listening to music or talking |and stress reduction interventions. |
| |by
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