title: The nursing professional portfolio: a pathway to career development.
abstract: Nursing professional portfolios have moved beyond the traditional listing of past experiences and accomplishments. They now provide a format for self-reflection on practice and for goal planning, capturing both the art and the science of nursing. This article describes the experiences of designing and implementing the use of a comprehensive professional portfolio and the benefits realized by individual staff nurses and their managers.
authors.affiliation: Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA. mlwillia@texaschildrenshospital.org
authors.forename: Myrtle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jordan
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002322:Career Mobility; D002568:Certification; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006040:Goals; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D010934:Planning Techniques; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011361:Professional Competence; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013192:Staff Development / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013781:Texas; D013850:Thinking