When we think of advocacy, many nurses think about how they advocate for their patients and/or families. Or you may think of situations where you advocate for a colleague, direct report, or team. Those are all legitimate aspects of advocacy and important for nurses. You’ve probably heard an instructor or mentor say that in aspiring […]

Cultural Humility   Cultural diversity—along with the currently popular concept cultural humility—is an evidence-based concept that has evolved over time and is a priority among professional organizations and accrediting bodies. In most instances when your institution, team, or program is reviewed, you’ll be asked some questions about these concepts. As you think about your project, […]

Collaboration Cafe: Moving to the Execution Phase Most of what you did in NR631, and some of what you’ll do in NR632 is part of the planning phase of project management. Although it took us eight weeks to get here, in reality, most of what you’ve done would have been completed in one or two […]

Time/Schedule, Cost, Quality   Choose any two:   Time/schedule   Cost   Quality   In project management, you will read about and experience what is often referred to as the “triple constraint triangle.” We introduced it in an earlier lesson in NR631. The idea is that, with any project, you can really only achieve two […]

Planning and Scheduling Assume you were appointed as project manager to lead a dozen of your classmates to write up an end-of-course summary guide that would be used to update all areas of the course (i.e., discussion questions, lectures, assignments, quizzes, and exams). You get to meet face to face periodically, but the majority of […]

Resource Management in Project Management As a project manager, part of your responsibility will be identifying resources that you have available and those resources that you may need in addition to what is currently available. Once you know what physical and human resources you have at your disposal, you then use the PM tools introduced […]

Communication in Project Management Think about all of the stakeholders and colleagues that must be kept up to date on the status of your project. The recipient of your communication may be upstream (higher on the organizational chart), lateral (an equal organizationally), or downstream (i.e. end user) in relation to the project. A student in […]

Change theory in project management Read the Mitchell (2013) article listed in the required reading list. Leading change is an important part of successful project execution and implementation. The nurse leader and project manager should be intimately familiar with a particular change theory that serves as the framework for leading the change represented by a […]

Important Aspects of Project Management Reflect on projects that you have been involved in during your career or in everyday life. We have all been involved in projects such as buying a house, renting an apartment, remodeling, and so on. You may also have participated in projects at work, such as workload assessments, initiating an […]

This course will focus on approaching your CGE project topic from a project management perspective. We will spend a majority of this course laying the critical planning foundation. Feedback from your colleagues and peers should be a routine practice when it comes to projects. For this discussion, please address the following.   State your PICOT […]