Project Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation: A Guide for Nurses and Interprofessional Teams, 4th Edition Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9781284248340 ISBN-10: 1284248348 Copyright: 2023 Edition: 4th Editor: Harris, James L., Roussel, Linda A., Dearman, Catherine, Thomas, Patricia L., Doody's Expert Review    Score: 99 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Heather Chung,  PhD   (Houston Methodist Hospital) Description This book covers the management and development processes of professional nurses, providing management concepts and theories to give professional administrators practical knowledge to support collaboration to maintain morale, efficiency, and productivity. Additionally, the book's structural elements provide organization and synthesis of the main learning points for an easier understanding of the information. The previous edition was published in 2018. Purpose According to the author, the purpose of this book is to serve as a primary resource for those who work in the healthcare field and need to gain knowledge on how to develop and implement clinical projects. The main purpose of this resource is to also serve as a guide in assisting in the implementation of initiating a new clinical project. The objectives throughout the book are worthy because they fit into the primary principles of project management. This book is needed because it helps to provide the needed leadership skills to control cost, mitigate risk, and improve overall project outcomes. The book meets its objectives by clearly explaining the purpose and goals for each objective along with useful resources and strategies for execution. Audience This book is written for nurses and interprofessional teams, and specifically those working within an organization's administration. The book meets the needs of its intended audience as it provides the knowledge needed to understand the importance and impact of interprofessional collaboration within health care. The authors, who have written the previous three editions, are credible authorities on the subject. They are all nurses with advanced degrees and certifications in leadership. Features This book provides a how-to guide on various frameworks, needed knowledge, and skills to successfully plan, implement, and sustain quality improvement projects. The book does well in covering systematic processes in order to complete a project on time and within budget. A unique feature of this book is the real-world examples to reinforce key concepts of project management, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement. The book could have more thoroughly covered the identification of communication tools and techniques that will positively impact the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of innovative health information technology projects. Assessment Since this book is an updated edition, it does provide more emphasis and information on budgeting strategies as compared to previous editions. This is useful because the core responsibility of ensuring the successful execution of a project is to be able to identify drives for project funding and the basis for project cost control. Compared to other books in this field, such as Management and Leadership for Nursing Administrators, 8th Edition, Roussel (Jones and Bartlett Learning, 2020), this book provides an overall understanding of how nursing administrators function in their roles by completing innovation improvement projects. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 10 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 10 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 5 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 5 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 5 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 5 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 5 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 4 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 5 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book N/A 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 10 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? 10 ©2024 Doody Enterprises, Inc.