NURS-650 Strategic Planning / Project Mgmt
Conceptualization of new care delivery models that are based in contemporary nursing science that are feasible within current organizational, political, cultural and economic perspectives are explored within the context of strategic planning and project management organizational designs. The course examines the why and how of successful strategic planning and the competencies expected for contemporary project managers. With the emphasis on project management in health care systems today, health care administrators must be able to analyze techniques to model and understand and manage complex projects and crisis management situations. The Project-Based competency for this course requires students to expand the development of their approved change project to demonstrate how it relates to the institution's strategic plan and to develop an interdisciplinary project management plan to ensure successful implementation and evaluation of outcomes.