CASE STUDIES: PROFESSIONAL ROLE DEVELOPMENT

 

“Nursing research involves much planning and attention to details, yet novice and seasoned

nurse researchers often overlook the day-to-day operations required to conduct research studies.

Project management is a set of iterative steps that can facilitate the process of conducting nursing

research” (Rew et al., 2020).

As you begin working on your small nursing informatics project, consider how this project will

plant the seed for your future work (in and out of an educational setting). How might what you

do in this course lend itself to what you will need to do in nursing practice on a day-to-day basis?

Why might it be important to consider this now versus later in your education or practice?

Throughout this course, you are tasked with implementing, or proposing an implementation, of a

small nursing informatics project. This project is steeped in project management concepts to

drive your work.

For this Discussion, you will  explore why this approach might not only will assist you in this

course, but how it might assist you in nursing practice beyond your studies.

Reference:

Rew, L., Cauvin, S., Cengiz, A., Pretorius, K., & Johnson, K. (2020). Application of project management tools and techniques to support nursing intervention research. Nursing Outlook, 68(4),

396–405. doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2020.01.007

TO PREPARE

 

 Review the Learning Resources for this week and reflect on the roles of advanced

nursing practice as it relates to project management.

 Select one of the roles described in Chapter 8 of the Sipes text to focus on for this

Discussion.

 Review the article by Rew et al. (2020) and reflect on the steps and processes used by

the team described in the article.

 How might you use a similar approach for the completion of your DNP doctoral

project or dissertation? What project management strategies might be most

appropriate for your nursing research?

BY DAY 3 OF WEEK 2

 

Post a brief description of 4–5 major competencies required for the advanced nursing

practice role that you selected.

 Explain how the project management concepts you have examined thus far in the

course might align with this advanced nursing practice role and why. Be specific.

 

 Based on the steps and processes used by Rew et al. (2020) and the resources on

techniques and tools for nursing research, how might you use these same concepts

and a similar approach for completing your DNP doctoral project or dissertation?

 Explain which processes and techniques you believe will provide the most guidance

to assist you plan and develop your DNP doctoral project or dissertation. Be specific

and provide examples. Then, describe how the project management strategies you

will learn as a nurse leader may be applied to facilitate nursing research or nursing

practice for your DNP doctoral project or dissertation.

Required Resources

 

 Sipes, C. (2020). Project management for the advanced practice nurse (2nd ed.).

Springer Publishing.

o Chapter 8, “Case Studies: Applying Project Management Concepts and

Tools” (pp. 190–210)

o Chapter 3, “Design/Initiation: Project Management—Phase 1”

(pp. 50–74)

o “SWOT” (p. 165)

 

 American Nurses Association. (2015). Nursing informaticsLinks to an external site.:

Scope and standards of practice (2nd ed.).

o “Metastructures, Concepts, and Tools of Nursing Informatics” (pp. 2–6)   

o “Professional Practice Areas for Nursing Informatics” (pp. 7-9)

o “Standard 3: Outcomes Identification” (p. 71)

o “Standard 4: Planning” (p. 72)

 

 Eby, K. (2017). The complete glossary of project management terminologyLinks to

an external site.. Smartsheet. https://www.smartsheet.com/complete-glossary-project-

management-terminology

 HealthIT.gov. (n.d.). Health information technology advisory committeeLinks to an

external site. (HITAC). https://www.healthit.gov/hitac/committees/health-

information-technology-advisory-committee-hitac

 Howarth, M. L., Probyn, J. E., & Maz, J. (2017). Project management techniques to

maximise success with research. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing Download

British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 12(3), 116–119.

doi:10.12968/bjca.2017.12.3.116

Project management techniques to maximise success with research by Howarth, M.

L., Probyn, J. E., & Maz, J., in British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, Vol. 12 /Issue 3.

Copyright 2017 by MA Healthcare. Reprinted by permission of MA Healthcare via

the Copyright Clearance Center.

 Marcilly, R., Schiro, J., Beuscart-Zéphir, M. C., & Magrabi, F. (2019). Building

usability knowledge for health information technology: A usability-oriented analysis

 

of incident reportsLinks to an external site.. Applied Clinical Informatics, 10(3),

395–408. doi:10.1055/s-0039-1691841

 Nøhr, C., Kuziemsky, C. E., Elkin, P. L., Marcilly, R., & Pelayo, S.

(2019). Sustainable health informatics: Health informaticians as alchemistsLinks to

an external site.. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 265, 3–11.

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 Powell, K. R., & Alexander, G. L. (2019). Mitigating barriers to interoperability in

health careLinks to an external site.. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics, 23(2).

https://www.himss.org/resources/mitigating-barriers-interoperability-health-care

 Rew, L., Cauvin, S., Cengiz, A., Pretorius, K., & Johnson, K. (2020). Application of

project management tools and techniques to support nursing intervention

researchLinks to an external site.. Nursing Outlook, 68(4), 396–405.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2020.01.007

 Riol, H., & Thuillier, D. (2015). Project management for academic research projects:

Balancing structure and flexibility Download Project management for academic

research projects: Balancing structure and flexibility. International Journal of Project

Organisation and Management, 7(3), 251–269. doi:10.1504/IJPOM.2015.070792

Project management for academic research projects: Balancing structure and

fliexibility by Riol, H., & Thuillier, D., in International Journal of Project

Organisation and Management, Vol. 7 /Issue 3. Copyright 2015 by INDERSCIENCE

ENTERPRISES LTD. Reprinted by permission of INDERSCIENCE ENTERPRISES

LTD via the Copyright Clearance Center.

 Staggers, N., Elias, B. L., Makar, E. D., & Alexander, G. L. (2018). The imperative

of solving nurses’ usability problems with health information technologyLinks to an

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Media Resources

 virtualstrategist. (2016, October 19). How to perform a SWOT AnalysisLinks to an

external site. [Video]. YouTube.

 

Other Resources

 Van de Velde, S., Kunnamo, I., Roshanov, P., Kortteisto, T., Aertgeerts, B., Vandvik,

P. O., Flottorp, S., & GUIDES expert panel. (2018). The GUIDES checklist:

Development of a tool to improve the successful use of guideline-based computerised

clinical decision supportLinks to an external site.. Implementation Science.

https://implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13012-018-0772-

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