Reflect on the role of leadership in project planning and implementation and consider how your leadership style and skill will impact your plan.

LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND PLANNING

According to the American Nurses Association, a nurse leader is “a nurse interested in excelling in a career path, a leader within a healthcare organization who represents the interests of the nursing profession, a seasoned nurse or healthcare administrator interested in refining skills to differentiate them from the competition or to advance to the next level of leadership.”

Leadership can take many forms. Perhaps leadership takes the form of scheduling charge nurses for the month; perhaps leadership is providing guidelines for protocols at your organization, and perhaps leadership is simply determining the best approach to implement change.

For this Discussion, you will explore the connection between project management strategies and leadership styles. Reflect on the role of leadership in project planning and implementation and consider how your leadership style and skill will impact your plan.

Reference: American Nurses Association. (n.d.). Leadership and excellence. https://www.nursingworld.org/continuing-education/ce-subcategories/leadership/Links to an external site.

RESOURCES

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.

Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.

WEEKLY RESOURCES

Required Readings

• Hickey, J. V., & Giardino, E. R. (Eds.). (2021). Evaluation of quality in health care for DNPs (3rd ed.). Springer Publishing.

o Chapter 8, “Planning a Program or Project Evaluation” (pp. 189–214)

o Chapter 13, “Evaluation of Populations and Population Health” (pp. 329–350)

• Sipes, C. (2020). Project management for the advanced practice nurse (2nd ed.). Springer Publishing Company.

o Chapter 3, “Design/Initiation: Project Management—Phase I” (pp. 49–74)

o Chapter 4, “Planning: Project Management—Phase 2” (pp. 75–120)

• White, K. M., Dudley-Brown, S., & Terhaar, M. F. (Eds.). (2021). Translation of evidence into nursing and healthcare (3rd ed.). Springer Publishing Company.

o Chapter 9, “Project Management for Translation” (pp. 199–228)

• Aycock, D. M., Clark, P. C., Thomas-Seaton, L., Lee, S.-Y., & Moloney, M. (2017). Simple tools to facilitate project management of a nursing research projectLinks to an external site.. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 39(3), 430–443. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193945916656605

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2015). Develop SMART objectives—evaluate a CoPLinks to an external site.. https://www.cdc.gov/phcommunities/resourcekit/evaluate/smart_objectives.html

TO PREPARE

• Review the Learning Resources covering leadership skills and project planning.

• Explore project management techniques and strategies to be used for your problem.

• Consider the connection between project management strategies and leadership styles.

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