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Project Management Plan
The PICO project seeks to reduce the incidence of medication errors in the practice setting by introducing mandatory medication safety education for all clinical staff. The project serves as a means to respond to the high incidence of medication errors at the facility that has resulted in preventable injuries, death, and reputational issues. The projects primary aim is to compare the effectiveness of medication safety education and the current alarm notification system at the facility in reducing the risk of medication errors. This assignment develops a project management plan for the proposed project. The plan details how the project will be carried out, including the scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, and budget (Sipes, 2020). According to Sipes (2020), a project plan helps to keep a project on track, minimize wastage of resources, and keep stakeholders engaged because they understand the expected deliverables at each stage of the project.
Project Management Tool
The Gantt chart was selected to drive the project management plan for its simplicity it is easy to read and the project participants can easily understand the timetable for project activities at a glance, thus enabling them to plan their schedules (Milosevic, 2003). The proposed project actively involves all clinical staff in the organization and there is a need to have a project communication tool that is easy to interpret even without instruction so that everyone understands the project timetable and what is expected to be realized in each stage (Milosevic, 2003).
Proposed Project Plan
Project Summary
The proposed project implements a medication safety education program for clinical staff as a means to reduce the incidence of medication errors at the facility. It will run for six months, beginning with nurses, and will be rolled out to physicians and pharmacists if found to be effective. The program will involve organizing weekly training sessions where participants will be educated on crucial medication safety themes. Themes to be covered will include the eight rights of medication administration, dose calculations, medication sensitivity,...…the amount to be paid out to staff in allowances for taking time to participate in the trainings.
Monitoring and Evaluation
The project team will carry out weekly monitoring to assess progress relative to set targets and address unforeseen challenges that may have come up before they escalate (Hickey & Giardino, 2021). After three months of implementation, the project team will engage the preceptor for an interim evaluation to ascertain whether the project is on course toward realizing the set objectives and advise on possible corrective actions (Hickey & Giardino, 2021). A full evaluation will be done at the end of the six months project period to compare baseline data on medication errors to current data and hence, assess the effectiveness of the medication safety awareness program.
Conclusion
In summary, the proposed plan uses a Gantt chart as the primary project management tool to ensure the effective engagement of stakeholders. The safety awareness program will begin with nurses ad be rolled out to physicians and pharmacists if found to be effective…
References
Abukhader, I., & Abukhader, K. (2020). Effect of medication safety education program on intensive care nurses’ knowledge regarding medication errors. Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 8(6), Doi: 10.4236/jbm.2020.86013Alhadhey, H., Mahmoud, M. A., Hassali, M.,…& Bates, D. W. (2014). Challenges to and the future of medication safety in Saudi Arabia: A qualitative study. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 22(4), 326-32.
Hickey, J. V., & Giardino, E. R. (Eds.). (2021). Evaluation of quality in health care for DNPs (3rd ed.). Springer Publishing.
Milosevic, D. Z. (2003). Project management toolbox: tools and techniques for the practising project manager. John Wiley & Sons.
Sipes, C. (2020). Project management for the advanced practice nurse (2nd ed.). SpringerPublishing Company.
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