Looking ahead to week 4 of NR631 👀 Robert Davis All Sections No unread replies.No replies. 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: .

1. Looking ahead to week 4 of NR631 �
Robert Davis
All Sections
No unread replies.No replies.
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:

2. 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.

3. 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
Communication Plan
[Student Name Here]
Chamberlain College of Nursing
NR 631: Nurse Executive Concluding Graduate Experience
September/October 2018
Running head: COMMUNICATION PLAN 1
COMMUNICATION PLAN 1

4. Communication Plan
The project focus is on the inclusion of HRO Principles in
conjunction with traditional pressure injury prevention
strategies in the prevention of pressure injuries for the critical
care patient population. Within this project, the stakeholders
include the project sponsor (AVP of nursing), resource staff
nurses know as SWAN Nurses (skin and wound assessment
nurses), Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses (WOCN’s), Nursing
Quality Coordinator, Nurse Managers (for all four critical care
units), multidisciplinary team members, and the critical care
nursing staff. Project plan and interventions will need to be
communicated to all staff members (AM and PM Shifts) within
four different critical care units. Traditional means of project
communication include meetings, power point presentations,
newsletters, minutes with summary of project highlights/next
steps, and email updates. Will also be utilizing an online
collaborative discussion forum site and skype ability for
meeting attendance to ensure meaningful communication to the
maximal number of individuals.
Effective communication is a critical aspect of project-based
change management; poor communication has been associated
with project failures (Parker, Kunde, & Zeppetella, 2017).
Communication influences trust, commitment to the project,
project coordination, and team member collaboration
(Rimkuniene & Zinkeviciute, 2014). Team involvement and
consideration for individual contributions and suggestions is
important to the success of any project. In any project team
meeting, it is important to establish ground rules where
everyone’s input is encouraged and respected. Healthcare is
challenging because team members work different shifts, many
team members work only three days per week & may have
difficulty coming to work when not scheduled a full shift, and
unit needs may preclude a team member from joining a meeting
that they intending to be a part of. Projects are increasingly

5. complex and require integration of technology as well as
flexibility to effectively communicate with all project team
members that often may have differing cultural backgrounds,
familiarity with technology, come from different generations,
and live in various geographic locations (Parker et al., 2017).
Believe an important communication strategy for this project
will be the initial team meetings with project stakeholders.
Will utilize both meeting space along with ability to skype into
the meeting from home (if not scheduled on a specific day).
Kick off meetings can promote building of a rapport and trust as
well as create an environment of open, transparent
communication among team members (Downing, 2015).
Additionally, a kick off meeting can help to introduce the goal
of the project as well as role responsibilities (Downing, 2015).
For any meeting it is important to begin with introductions, so
each member is familiar with members of the project team.
Especially since project members may have independent work
and need share information learned/work progress with the team
on an ongoing basis. The kick off meeting allows for
introductions as well as discussion on project background, goal
setting, definition of scope, and establishment of
deliverables (Downing, 2015). Making sure that team members
understand the why behind the project is important. This
information is also useful in establishing project goals as well
as a timeline.
Biweekly SWAN meetings allowing for meaningful discussion
of work, barriers encounters, and feedback is essential. The
use of a collaborative discussion forum site will be very helpful
and allow for exchange of information, ideas, and suggestions
from the critical care SWAN team over the course of a two-
week timeframe (between meetings) with sharing of unit
specific skin rounds audit results are important communication
strategies. The SWAN team shares a monthly newsletter with
divisional staff as a means for both education and
communication. Additionally, the chair of the SWAN
committee attends the critical care shared governance divisional

6. coordinating council where project information, next steps, and
progress will be shared with other staff leaders in shared
governance.
The project manager will be responsible for sharing biweekly
project status update reports with the project sponsor along with
the project team and unit leadership. A formal presentation at
the multidisciplinary attended Critical Care Committee will
ensure that all the entire interprofessional team is both aware of
the project and is engaged in interventions as appropriate.
Nurse managers for the four critical care units are part of the
project team and will be charged with sharing project
information and progress in unit staff meetings and through
weekly management updates. Nurse educators and clinical
nurse specialists will be responsible for communication of
educational material through HealthStream, the online education
system that tracks completion compliance. Lastly, the nursing
quality coordinator will be responsible for compiling HAPI
incidence information from the organizational event reporting
system and communicating this specific information from a
unit-based perspective as well as developing charts/graphs to
aid in understanding the data. This data will be displayed in
each of the units on the unit’s quality board. Planning
celebrations at project milestones can help also create
enthusiasm and excitement about the project plan.
In conclusion, choosing the medium and manner of
communication can be as important as the message itself and the
timeliness of the delivery (Musynska, 2018). Effective,
meaningful communication strategies are associated with
successful project outcomes. It is important that
communication is planned to consider the various approaches
possible and preference of the audience (Musynska, 2018). In
Attachment A below, please find specifics of the project plan
including stakeholder/project member information, preferred
communication method, timing associated with communication,
and responsible party for the specific communication (report
prepared by information).

7. References
Downing, T. W. (2015). How to successfully host and
effectively participate in kick-off meetings. American Medical
Writers Association Journal, 30(4), 176-177. Retrieved from
https://eds-b-ebscohost-
com.chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/eds/pdfviewer/pdfview
er?vid=9&sid=85f9319f-fbd3-4dcd-bc0b-a69fe815c770%40pdc-
v-sessmgr03
Musynska, K. (2018). A concept for measuring effectiveness of
communication in project teams. Journal of Economics and
Management, 33(3), 63-79.
http://dx.doi.org/10.22367/jem.2018.33.04
Parker, D. W., Kunde, R., & Zeppetella, L. (2017). Exploring
communication in project-based interventions. International
Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 66(2),
146-179. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-
com.chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/docview/1860055492?a
ccountid=147674
Rimkuniene, D., & Zinkeviciute, V. (2014). Social media in
communication of temporary organizations: Role needs,
strategic perspective. Journal of Business Economics and
Management, 15(5), 899-914.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/16111699.2014.938360
Appendix A:
Communication Plan for Critical Care Division - Hospital
Acquired Pressure Injury (HAPI) Reduction Project Utilizing
HRO Principles (High Reliability) in Conjunction with
Traditional Pressure Injury Prevention Strategies
Project Team Member/Stakeholder

8. Communication*
Preferred Format
Timing
Report Prepared by
Project Sponsor
· In person meetings - monthly
· E-mail updates
· Ongoing on a biweekly basis
· Project Manager
SWAN Nursing Team
(Representing skin and wound assessment team members from
each critical care unit)
· Kick off meeting with campaign planning and goal setting
· Biweekly meetings with meeting agenda and minutes
· Organizational collaborative site discussion forum
· Biweekly skin audits with sharing of audit results in unit
huddles and on quality dashboard
· At least 4 weeks prior to project start

9. · Ongoing biweekly following kickoff meeting
· Ongoing (technology available for input/viewing 24/7 by all
project team members
· Biweekly basis (2nd and 4th Friday of each month)
· Scheduled by Project Manager
· Critical Care SWAN Team chair to create and forward to team
· Site created by organizational request to information
technology department – Project Manager to request
· Audit completed by SWAN team and results shared in unit
huddles and posted on unit quality boards
WOCN (Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses)
· Attendance at biweekly SWAN meetings
· Biweekly project status update report emailed
· Monthly HAPI Incidence Report with chart
· Biweekly meeting

10. · Biweekly email
· Monthly report received via email
· Project manager to send appointments; swan chair to email
agenda and minutes
· Project manager to send biweekly project status update
· Nursing quality coordinator to pull incidence information from
event report system and forward to the project team. To also
create unit-based chart to be emailed as well
Nursing Quality Coordinator
· Notification of HAPI incidence through organizational event
reporting system
· Biweekly project status update report emailed
· Systems notification through event report system the morning
following entry
· Biweekly email
· Automatic notification set through event reporting system

11. · Project manager
Nurse Managers (Unit Managers from the four critical care
units)
· Attendance at biweekly SWAN Team Meeting
· Biweekly project status update report
· Notification of unit specific HAPI incidence information at the
time of reporting
· Notification of results of unit auditing
· Biweekly meeting
· Biweekly email
· Systems notification through event report system the morning
following entry

12. · Biweekly basis (2nd and 4th Friday of each month)
· Appointment invite from project manager; agenda and minutes
received from SWAN chair
· Project Manager
· Automatic notification set through event reporting system
· Unit SWAN Nurse
Multidisciplinary Team
(providers, therapists, nutrition, etc.)
· Communication of project status and unit specific data at
Critical Care Committee Meeting (through power point
presentation and review of minutes)
· Monthly meeting (fourth Tuesday of every month)
· Skype/call in ability
· Critical Care Director sends meeting invite, agenda, and
minutes
Critical Care Nursing Staff
Project communication though multitude of methods;
specifically:
· Staff meetings
· Divisional Shared Governance Coordinating Council Meetings
· Weekly nurse manager update
· Monthly SWAN newsletter
· Education through online organizational program:

13. HealthStream
· Unit Quality Board with Graphs/Charts
· Monthly
· Monthly (second Tuesday of each month)
· Weekly (sent via email on Fridays)
· Monthly
· Ongoing program (monthly educational classes assigned)
· Ongoing (updated monthly)
· Nurse Manager
· Divisional Shared Governance Chair
· Nurse Manager
· Unit SWAN Nurse
· Unit Educator or Clinical Nurse Specialist

14. · Nursing Quality Coordinator, Nurse Manager, and Unit
Council Chair
MSN-ST Collaboration Café
Guidelines and Grading Rubric
Purpose
Within the MSN Specialties Track, you will engage and dialog
with classmates in a Collaboration Café discussion assignment.
The Collaboration Café is an interactive assignment that
encourages meaningful application of course concepts,
discussion of nurse-practice issues, and student leadership to
prompt continued conversations in order to facilitate
achievement of course learning outcomes. In order for students
to lead and facilitate discussion within the collaboration café,
course instructors will take a less active role in daily posting,
but will remain present to monitor the discussion for
compliance and to offer clarification.
Due Date:
· For Collaboration Café Assignments that take place during
weeks 1 – 7, the due date for the initial posting is Wednesday
11:59 pm MT; the due date for responsive postings is Sunday
11:59 pm MT of the week that corresponds with the assigned
collaboration café.
· For Collaboration Café Assignments that take place during
week 8, the due date for the initial posting is Wednesday 11:59
pm MT; the due date for responsive postings is Saturday 11:59
pm MT, at the end of week 8.

15. · Due to the interactive nature of this assignment, all
Collaboration Café postings must occur within the week that
they are assigned. Late submissions are not permitted for
grading.
Total Points Possible: 50 points / 25 pointsAssignment
Overview
Like the weekly Threaded Discussion, the Collaboration Café
opens on the Sunday preceding the start of a designated week,
and ends on Sunday at 11:59 pm MT at the end of the
designated week (weeks 1-7), and by Saturday at 11:59 pm MT
at the end of week 8.
In each Collaboration Café, students are expected to post a
minimum of 3 postings, to include the following:
· Initial response
· Response to at least two separate peers on separate days from
the initial response
Dialogue must be substantive and collaborative in nature,
addressing specific concepts and topics noted in the
Collaboration Café question and prompting further discussion
among peers.
Scholarly references are not required in the Collaboration Café
discussions; however, if the student chooses to submit a
reference, APA format must be followed. There may also be
times when faculty will have you review a website or article. In
cases like these, you must properly cite and reference according
to APA to avoid plagiarism.
Faculty may submit any student’s post to Turnitin in order to
verify originality of work. Plagiarism will result in a zero for
the week. Uncivil comments toward peers or faculty, in any of

16. the posts, will not be tolerated and will result in a zero for the
week.
The initial posting must meet the following expectations:
· Addresses the collaboration café question in a thorough,
substantive manner.
· Demonstrates application of course concepts.
· Discusses implications for advanced nursing practice.
· Includes correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax,
sentence, and paragraph structure.
· If sources are included, APA format for citation and
referencing is correctly applied.
The responsive postings must meet the following expectations:
· Responds to 2 separate classmates with substantive dialogue
that is collaborative in nature.
· The response postings must occur on a different day from the
initial posting.
· Responsive postings ask questions, offer new insights,
applications, perspectives, information, or implications for
practice in order to facilitate further discussion.
· Includes correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax,
sentence, and paragraph structure.
· If sources are included, APA format for citation and
referencing is correctly applied.

17. Grading Criteria
Category
Points
%
Description
Quality of Initial Posting
50pt rubric: 25
25pt rubric: 12
50%
· Addresses the collaboration café question in a thorough,
substantive manner.
· Demonstrates application of course concepts.
· Discusses implications for advanced nursing practice.
Quality of Responsive Postings
20
10
40%
· Responds to 2 separate classmates with substantive dialogue
that is collaborative in nature.
· Each of the 2 postings asks questions, offers new insights,
applications, perspectives, information, or implications for
practice in order to facilitate further discussion.
Graduate-level Writing Style
5
3
10%
· Postings reflect clarity, organization, and logical flow of
ideas.
· Postings convey a tone of professionalism and respect.

18. · Correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, sentence, and
paragraph structure is evident.
· If sources are included, correct APA format for citation and
referencing is applied.
· No direct quotes are used in this assignment.
Timeliness of Participation
The following participation guidelines are expected:
· Initial posting in response to the Collaboration Café questions
is posted by Wednesday 11:59 pm MT.
· Minimum of two responsive posts to peers are posted by
Sunday 11:59 pm MT (weeks 1-7); or by Saturday 11:59 pm MT
(week 8). Responsive posts must be on a separate day from the
initial post.
If either of the above requirements are not met, 10 points shall
be deducted / 5 points shall be deducted.
Total
50/25
100%
A quality assignment will meet all of the above requirements.
MSN-ST Collaboration Café September 2019
Grading Rubric
Assignment Criteria
Distinguished
(100%)
Exceeds
(92%)

19. Proficient
(84%)
Needs Improvement
(0)
Quality of Initial Posting
50pt rubric: 25
25pt rubric: 12
23
11
21
10
0
0
Distinguished presentation of information evidenced by
comprehensive content, fully meeting all of the following:
· Addresses the collaboration café question in a thorough,
substantive manner.
· Demonstrates application of course concepts.
· Discusses implications for advanced nursing practice.

20. Presentation of information exceeds expectations evidenced by
most items fully met, but one item that is covered in a
superficial manner:
· Addresses the collaboration café question in a thorough,
substantive manner.
· Demonstrates application of course concepts.
· Discusses implications for advanced nursing practice.
Proficient presentation of information evidenced by two items
that are covered in a limited or superficial manner:
· Addresses the collaboration café question in a thorough,
substantive manner.
· Demonstrates application of course concepts.
· Discusses implications for advanced nursing practice.
Presentation of information needs improvement as evidenced by
content that is missing or unsatisfactory in one or more areas:
· Addresses the collaboration café question in a thorough,
substantive manner.
· Demonstrates application of course concepts.
· Discusses implications for advanced nursing practice.
Quality of Responsive Postings
50pt rubric: 20
25pt rubric: 10
18
9
16
8
0
0

21. Distinguished presentation of information evidenced by
comprehensive content, fully meeting all of the following:
· Responds to 2 separate classmates with substantive dialogue
that is collaborative in nature.
· Each of the 2 postings asks questions, offers new insights,
applications, perspectives, information, or implications for
practice in order to facilitate further discussion.
Presentation of information exceeds expectations evidenced by
most items fully met, but one item that is covered in a
superficial manner:
· Responds to 2 separate classmates with substantive dialogue
that is collaborative in nature.
· Each of the 2 postings asks questions, offers new insights,
applications, perspectives, information, or implications for
practice in order to facilitate further discussion.
Proficient presentation of information evidenced by two items
that are covered in a limited or superficial manner:
· Responds to 2 separate classmates with substantive dialogue
that is collaborative in nature.
· Each of the 2 postings asks questions, offers new insights,
applications, perspectives, information, or implications for
practice in order to facilitate further discussion.
Presentation of information needs improvement as evidenced by
content that is missing or unsatisfactory in one or more areas:
· Responds to 2 separate classmates with substantive dialogue
that is collaborative in nature.
· Each of the 2 postings asks questions, offers new insights,
applications, perspectives, information, or implications for
practice in order to facilitate further discussion.
Graduate-level Writing Style
50pt rubric: 5
25pt rubric: 3
4

22. 2
3
1
0
0
There are no errors, meeting all requirements noted below:
· Postings reflect clarity, organization, and logical flow of
ideas.
· Postings convey a tone of professionalism and respect.
· Correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, sentence, and
paragraph structure is evident.
· When sources are included, correct APA format for citation
and referencing is applied.
· No direct quotes are used in this assignment.
There are 1-2 errors in the requirements noted below:
· Postings reflect clarity, organization, and logical flow of
ideas.
· Postings convey a tone of professionalism and respect.
· Correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, sentence, and
paragraph structure is evident.
· When sources are included, correct APA format for citation
and referencing is applied.
· No direct quotes are used in this assignment.
There are 3-4 errors in the requirements noted below:
· Postings reflect clarity, organization, and logical flow of
ideas.
· Postings convey a tone of professionalism and respect.

23. · Correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, sentence, and
paragraph structure is evident.
· When sources are included, correct APA format for citation
and referencing is applied.
· No direct quotes are used in this assignment.
There are 5 or more errors in the requirements noted below:
· Postings reflect clarity, organization, and logical flow of
ideas.
· Postings convey a tone of professionalism and respect.
· Correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, sentence, and
paragraph structure is evident.
· When sources are included, correct APA format for citation
and referencing is applied.
· No direct quotes are used in this assignment.
Timeliness of Participation
0 Points Deducted
50pt rubric: 10 Points Deducted 25pt rubric: 5 Points Deducted
The following guidelines are met:
· Initial posting in response to the Collaboration Café question
is posted by Wednesday 11:59 pm MT during the assigned
week.
· Minimum of two responsive posts to peers are posted by
Sunday 11:59 pm MT (weeks 1-7); or by Saturday 11:59 pm MT
(week 8) at the end of the week.
The assignment fails to meet one or more of the guidelines
noted.