Project Management for the Advanced Practice Nurse | 3 Edition

Details about Project Management for the Advanced Practice Nurse:

Presents step-by-step strategies for applying project management skills in varied settings and identifying concepts critical to project success

The third edition of this acclaimed resource continues to deliver highly practical skills, strategies, and wisdom to graduate-level nursing students as they prepare to confront real-life management challenges. The new edition reflects the changing roles and responsibilities of today's APRN. The revision features expanded case scenarios, supported by concrete examples and critical thinking questions.

The text helps APRNs to understand and apply evidence-based project management architecture to nursing goals and objectives that must be accomplished in an organized way. It outlines the phases of evidence-based project management--design and planning, implementation, monitoring and controlling, and final evaluation--and describes evidence-based tools used in the process. Examples and explanations of each step in the project management process clarify and reinforce learning.

New to the Third Edition:

• Updates content based on current practices and the mandates of AONL and ANA
• Reflects the changing roles and responsibilities of today's APRN
• Expands case scenarios supported by real-world examples
• Includes critical thinking questions in each chapter
• Aligns with revised AACN Essentials, particularly relating to leadership
• Encompasses new knowledge from the ongoing teaching and practice of the author along with her recent project management practices

Key Features:

• Delivers key skills for APRNs who need to understand and apply project management structures to nursing goals and objectives
• Provides a guiding framework APRNs can use in both clinical practice and leadership
• Helps in the preparation of practicum assignments for graduation and residencies
• Presents the foundations of project management with specific examples from a variety of roles, particularly leadership
• Includes in-depth case studies, critical thinking and reflection questions, and additional activities to reinforce learning
• Offers Instructor's Manual and PowerPoints