Project Management for the Advanced Practice Nurse - Softcover

Sipes, Carolyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826128173 ISBN 13: 9780826128171

Publisher: Springer Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

Project Management for the Advanced Practice Nurse will be the first resource to provide the basics project management for graduate-level nurses and students, with practical examples and tips. The core of this need is that APNs are integrally involved in improving systems and care, and implementing change in complex medical systems. This requires a fundamental knowledge of project management, with guidance on how to use these skills to introduce true, lasting change.

The text will cover the skills and tools needed to better function in the management of a complex work environment. The concepts, tools, processes and terminology in this text will be designed to be comprehensive in that the explanation of terms used will also be defined in in ways they will be encountered in the business world of project management.

About this title

About the Author

Carolyn Sipes, PhD, CNS, APN, PMP, RN-BC is an Associate Professor at Chamberlain College of Nursing and President and C EO of the Center for EHR Program Management. She received her PhD from Rush University Medical Center, and her MSN and BSN from Northern Illinois University, USA. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), and has vast experience working as a consultant with large institutions to improve efficiency and care through her expertise as a project manager. She presently teaches in the Nursing Informatics specialty at Chamberlain, and has worked previously at Walden University, Rush University, University of Phoenix, and Regis University, with a focus on Nursing Informatics and the integration of technology into the workplace. She has contributed to a number of resources and presented on the topic of informatics.

From the Back Cover

Describes the fundamentals of project management for nurses

While many books exist on project management in healthcare, most are written from the perspective of upper hospital leadership. This is first resource to encompass the specific knowledge base and skills required for graduate-level nurses and students to effectively perform the duties of a project manager. Based on proven project management principles, the text defines concepts specifically for APNs and DNPs, and enables them to apply processes used in the business operations side of a healthcare organization. The book describes the fundamentals of project design step-by-step, from needs assessment through project closing. It provides detailed examples of tools used by project managers, describes how to apply these tools in the management of a complex healthcare work environment, and identifies key concepts critical to project success.

The text demonstrates how APNs can harness the skills and organizational frameworks they already use to manage patient care and outcomes to improve systems care and implement change in complex medical systems. It describes in depth the five basic concepts of project management, including basics of monitoring timelines, design and planning, implementation, monitoring and control, and project closing. The book also discusses a variety of roles available to APNs including sample job descriptions requiring project management skills. Written in a clear and accessible format, the text is replete with practical examples demonstrating how current APNs and DNPs can utilize and apply project management skills as they implement a project at work or prepare a practicum assignment for graduation.

Key Features:

• Encompasses the knowledge base and skills required specifically for APN project management
• Describes fundamentals of project design from start to finish
• Based in proven project management concepts in terminology familiar to APNs
• Includes practical examples from a variety of roles to guide the novice project manager
• Provide key information to help the transition from bedside nurse to APN leader

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0826128173
• ISBN 13: 9780826128171
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280