NR631 week 4 IP
Looking ahead to week 4 of NR631 👀
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Hi everyone! You've now completed three weeks of NR631 (assuming that your literature review is done), and you are ready to move forward to week 4. I'll be grading your TD participation hopefully on Monday and then I'll work on your literature review assignments starting on Tuesday. This is a more extensive assignment and I have assignments due in other courses so it might take me a little longer to get your lit reviews back. I'm anticipating some excellent literature review on your great CGE topics 😎. Let's take a look at what lies ahead in week 4...
Introduction
In week 4, the lesson title is "Communication in Project Management" and we'll be addressing the following course outcomes:
CO #1: Apply leadership skills of project management as a nurse executive in an organizational setting to develop, implement, and evaluate successful project plans (PO 4,5)
CO #3: Exemplify professional values and scholarship that support the role of a student in a practicum setting (PO 4) (this is in reference to your time at your practicum site and you'll see this each week)
CO #5: Apply professional values characteristic of the competent and caring nurse executive that promotes holistic care principles and an appreciation of cultural humility (PO 1,3,4)
I encourage you to keep these course outcomes in mind while you read your text, articles, and lessons, as you participate in TDs, as you participate in practicum hours, and as you complete assignments.
Reading:
Your week 4 reading consists of three articles from peer reviewed journals. Two would be considered "scholarly" by Chamberlain definition as they are within five years old. The Culo article is from 2010 but it's a very good article so I decided to keep it. Please be sure to read these articles prior to constructing your initial TD post.
Lesson:
This week's lesson is about communication and building a communication plan. One point the lesson brings out is that, like most of the templates we are using, many organizations have their own formats or templates. I encourage you to reach out to the PM professionals in your organization and ask about this and compare our template to what you use in your organization. If your organization doesn't use a communication plan, it may be something you can suggest as a value added step.
Collaboration Cafe ☕️:
The week 4 discussion is a Collaboration Cafe ☕️! As with all TDs and Collaboration Cafe's the reduced participation guidelines are in effect for those who need them. I will be reviewing posts each day to make sure you're headed in the right direction. A note of interest...this CC is actually based on an idea that an NR631 student shared in the old week 4 TD. I thought it was such a great thought that I used it (with her permission) to form this learning activity. I hope you enjoy it and I look forward to the knowledge you'll build!
Graded Assignment:
The graded assignment for week 4 is the communication plan. Be sure to review the assignment guidelines, grading grid, and rubric so that you understand the assignment. Be sure that your "scholarly" section is about the role of the communication plan in PM. Tell me about why it's important to have a communication plan and any information you can uncover to better understand this tool. After doing your research on the communication plan complete the template found in course resources and attach it to your scholarly paper as an appendix. See if you can learn how to create one document this week and submit the assignment as a single product.
I look forward to helping guide you through this fourth week of your course! Let me know if you have any questions or if I can help in any way.
Dr. Davis