James L. Harris - Project Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation: A Guide for Nurses and Interprofessional Teams

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Harris, James L. (James Leonard), 1956- editor. | Roussel, Linda, editor. | Dearman, Catherine, editor. | Thomas, Patricia L., 1961- editor.

Title: Project planning, implementation, and evaluation : a guide for nurses and interprofessional teams / edited by James L. Harris, Linda Roussel, Catherine Dearman, Patricia L. Thomas.

Other titles: Project planning and management (Harris)

Description: Fourth edition. | Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2023] | Preceded by Project planning and management : a guide for nurses and interprofessional teams / edited by James L. Harris, Linda Roussel, Catherine Dearman, Patricia L. Thomas . Third edition. [2020]. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021044277 | ISBN 9781284248340 (paperback)

Subjects: MESH: Nursing Administration Research--methods | Quality Improvement | Program Evaluation | Program Development--methods | Planning Techniques | Interprofessional Relations

Classification: LCC RT89 | NLM WY 105 | DDC 362.17/3068--dc23

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Textbooks are references for students, faculty, interprofessional teams, and consumers of care. As healthcare organizations are challenged to maintain a competitive edge and relative advantage, multiple strategies are required. What one views as a crisis situation in one healthcare organization may provide an opportunity for creativity and innovation in another. This situation offers transformative, transformational, and challenging opportunities. As a result, meaningful interprofessional quality improvement projects add quantum value and contribute to new evidence.

The authors dedication as educators, administrators, clinicians, and nurse researchers led to them updating this fourth edition of the text in an attempt to meet the constant healthcare changes, as well as reflect updates in the recent release of the Future of Nursing Report 20202030, the revised