Publisher's Synopsis
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, big data as well as emphasizing the value of project sustainability. "Project Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation...provides the knowledge needed to understand the importance and impact of interprofessional collaboration within health care... [It] does well covering systematic processes to complete a project on time and within budget."~Heather Chung, MSN, PhD (Houston Methodist Hospital) for Doody's Review Service, Score: 99, 5 Stars! Features two NEW chapters covering project budget strategies and cost calculations, and big data and its value in implementation and sustainability of projectsExplains the difference between quality improvement and improvement researchIdentifies influencers and determinants of improvement projectsCovers 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 sponsorsShows how to use technology to manage big data outcomes and assess valueExplains how to measure project value, both organizationally and globallyContains real-world examples to reinforce key concepts Project ManagementEvidence-Based PracticeQuality Improvement © 2023 | 350 pages
