DEVELOPING A SMALL NURSING INFORMATICS PROJECT FOR YOUR

 

ORGANIZATION

PART 1

 

You will use project management tools and strategies to propose how you would support and

potentially implement a small nursing informatics project. While you may not have the

opportunity to implement this proposed project, this project will allow you to apply the skills

needed and the considerations that are required in deducing how a project of this scope might

take place in your nursing practice. To complete this project, you will define a small informatics

project that would be beneficial to your healthcare organization or nursing practice. You can

discuss this with upper leadership, in your practice or organization, explaining that you will need

to design, plan, and propose how to implement and evaluate a small informatics project that can

be completed within a 9-week time frame during this course. This project will be completed in

two parts.

TO PREPARE

 

 Consider how you will work with a manager, to finalize a small informatics project

for your organization. If time allows based on the type of project, you will also

implement and evaluate the outcomes. Each week, you will develop and apply a

component needed to complete the project.

BY DAY 7 OF WEEK 2

 FOR WEEK 2, CONDUCT A SWOT ANALYSIS.

 

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 Project Design: Conduct a SWOT analysis which will provide information for

the Scope and Charter. You can use a Word document and insert a table.

 Directions can be viewed in the video, How to Perform a SWOT Analysis. Some of

the content is relevant to both the project for this course as well as organization for

your DNP Project or dissertation. Overall, the first step for any project, work, or your

DNP Project/dissertation requires a plan: what you will and will not do. That

information is defined in a project scope and charter.

Nursing Informatics Project

 

The Use of Telehealth to Improve Mental Health Outcomes Among Adult

Patients Within the Underserved Community

*Continue working on the Scope, Charter, and SWOT Analysis, as assigned thus far.  You will

add Gap, WBS, Project Timeline in the coming weeks to be submitted in Week 5.

 

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-

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 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

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

usability knowledge for health information technology: A usability-oriented

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

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Media Resources

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

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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

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