Nursing portfolio

[hawksrn2014]

Has anyone out there made a nursing portfolio? Not for nursing school, but for career nurses. What do you put in it? And is it worth it?

[dudette10, MSN, RN]

Where I work, the nursing portfolio is used for the career ladder, i.e. going from Staff Nurse I to Staff Nurse II. Ours should contain our CEU certificates for that license renewal cycle, proof of conference attendance, copies of ID cards for professional organizations, copies of ACLS/PALS/BLS cards, proof of certifications, information about volunteer work in a medical/nursing capacity, committee work and work products, e.g. policies, pictures of poster presentations, statistical analysis of outcomes as a result of interventions implemented, copies of talks or training presentations, etc.

You cannot move up the ladder where I work without presenting your portfolio.

[icuRNmaggie, BSN, RN]

A portfolio is a must and should be started as a nursing student. I wish that I still had some of the papers I wrote in my BSN program and projects that I have done over the years and the photos and articles that were in the local paper about the units where I was employed.

Mine includes scans of my drivers license, 1099 form, passport, degrees and transcripts, state licenses, AACN, ANA, and Sigma theta tau memberships, CCRN, ACLS PALS BLS TNCC, NIHSS, THLS.

I keep a health records section with a copy of my yearly physical, TDAP, titers for Hep B, varicella, measles mumps rubella, N95 fit test, PPD and flu vax.

Using a scanner it is easy to update and send the files to an agency. Some people take pictures with their smart phone that's ok too.

I have a binder for everything.

There is a resume that I keep updated with hospital addresses and phone numbers.

There is a place for CEUs that I need to track and save for my CCRN and a section for employer evaluations.

If I worked in a facility with a clinical ladder it would be simple to copy everything required, punch holes and put it in a document folder in order to receive the step up on the payscale.

[bridgetteRN]

A portfolio is a must and should be started as a nursing student. I wish that I still had some of the papers I wrote in my BSN program and projects that I have done over the years and the photos and articles that were in the local paper about the units where I was employed.

Mine includes scans of my drivers license, 1099 form, passport, degrees and transcripts, state licenses, AACN, ANA, and Sigma theta tau memberships, CCRN, ACLS PALS BLS TNCC, NIHSS, THLS.

I keep a health records section with a copy of my yearly physical, TDAP, titers for Hep B, varicella, measles mumps rubella, N95 fit test, PPD and flu vax.

Using a scanner it is easy to update and send the files to an agency. Some people take pictures with their smart phone that's ok too.

I have a binder for everything.

There is a resume that I keep updated with hospital addresses and phone numbers.

There is a place for CEUs that I need to track and save for my CCRN and a section for employer evaluations.

If I worked in a facility with a clinical ladder it would be simple to copy everything required, punch holes and put it in a document folder in order to receive the step up on the payscale.

You've completely inspired me to get my behind in gear and to put mine together! While I have very little to add to it right now, I LOVE how you've organized each aspect of your career! ???

[icuRNmaggie, BSN, RN]

For clinical ladder participants save a copy of those cards and compliments for your portfolio in case they ask for something like that or, just for yourself.