Project Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation: A Guide for Nurses and Interprofessional Teams

Project Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation: A Guide for Nurses and Interprofessional Teams
4th Ed.
2023 © Jones & Bartlett Learning
Catherine Dearman, RN, PhD; James L. Harris, PhD, APRN-BC, MBA, CNL, FAAN; Linda A. Roussel, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, CNL, FAAN; Patricia L. Thomas, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, ACNS-BC, CNL, FAAN, FNAP, FACHE
ISBN-13: 978-1-284-24834-0
eISBN-13: 978-1-284-24835-7
Nursing, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Description

Project Planning and Management: A Guide for Nurses and Interprofessional Teams, Fourth Edition provides the framework, knowledge, and skills to successfully plan and implement quality improvement projects and assess their sustainability. These skills are a crucial part of healthcare education programs and ongoing healthcare innovation. Because students and clinicians often struggle with taking an idea from the planning phase to execution and assessment, this text is the perfect how-to guide.

The Fourth Edition has been updated to focus on advancing the knowledge and collaboration among interprofessional teams. The authors reinforce these ideas with new content related to budget strategies, cost calculations, and big data as well as emphasizing the value of project sustainability.

Features and Benefits

  • • Features two NEW chapters covering project budget strategies and cost calculations, and big data and its value in implementation and sustainability of projects
  • • Explains the difference between quality improvement and improvement research
  • • Identifies influencers and determinants of improvement projects
  • • Covers use of tools and analysis to advocate for improvement projects
  • • Shows how to use findings to frame projects, link the fidelity of evidence to a project, budget planning and benefits, project financing, cost/quality equation, the IRB process, and leaders or improvement sponsors
  • • Shows how to use technology to manage big data outcomes and assess value
  • • Explains how to measure project value, both organizationally and globally
  • • Contains real-world examples to reinforce key concepts

Quotes, Reviews or Testimonials

"This well-written book is complete and full of valuable information. The sections are concise and easy to follow and the case studies and questions are excellent. I would highly recommend this to anyone interested in project planning! This updated edition is definitely justified based on the changing healthcare environment."

-- Cynthia Cummings, EdD, RN, CHSE, CNE (University of North Florida Brooks College of Health) Doody's Review - previous edition

Audience

According to the author, the audience is students, faculty, teams, and consumers of healthcare, but the book is most relevant for those working in a healthcare organization. The authors have worked in healthcare for many years and have published two previous books on this topic.

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