Introduction to Portfolio Nursing Students

Question: Discuss about the Introduction to Portfolio for Nursing Students. Answer: Week number Learning outcomes and topic of the course Experience description and reading samples and records Learnings from my experiences Supporting documentation 1 2 Topic: Project management. Keeps the manager, sponsors or donors informed about the projects risks and dependencies. Frequent use of same formats hence easing the users work to look for information. Prioritize things when listing them. Include risks and solutions always. Closure of the project. Benefits realization plan and the benefits themselves. New letters Online reading i.e. Google websites on project management. Books (Levy (2012) Chapters 3 4.) Journals Psychology course from Athabasca University. Australia National Audit Office (2012). HB 140-2000 Administration manual. Have project plan to ensure your projects lifecycles are inline. The management ensured that the employees worked towards and followed the set cycle of the project to ensure its completion and success. Have a project program and governance. The management ensured that the workers knew the importance of team work, coordination and effective use of the available materials for the betterment of the project. Have a project brief, scope, objectives and goals aligned. These were all set and the management made sure that all the employees followed and worked towards their achievement. They were therefore able to reduce the cost of production and improve the quality of the project at the end of the period. Have the projects organization and structure. By having this, the management was in a position to exercise its authority because of the line of power that was adhered to. Have a project initiation document. Design a risk management strategy. Should be able to identify the risks associated with the project and be in a position to solve them whenever they occur. E.g. negotiating with suppliers, budgeting problems among others. Plan on how to manage and run the project as a whole. The management was able to run the project with the help of frequent reports and supervisions that it conducted. The project is to be closed or ended when it comes to the end period. However it has to have realized the benefits that it was meant to realize i.e. achieved its objectives, goals and responsibilities to the society, employees and employers as well. This is becomes possible when there are evaluations done at the end of the project period and a report produced by the management to the project board to ensure that it has achieved the desired benefits. This is done especially during a closure meeting. There must be a project checklist to counter check the projects quality, dependence and effectiveness according to its purpose. Therefore, if the projects goes by the rules and expectations of the checklist, its objectives and goals and all the other expectations of the board then it is said to be justifiable. Timmins F. (2008) Race P. (2010) Kerzner H. (2013) Levy S. M. (2012) A psychology course located at Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada. References A psychology course located at Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada. Kerzner H. (2013) Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Control, 11th Edition. Hoboken, USA: John Wiley Sons. Levy S. M. (2012) Project Management in Construction, 6th Edition. USA: McGraw-Hill. Project Management Institute. 2013.The Standard for Portfolio Management Third Edition. Newtown Square, PA: PMI. Project Management Institute. 2013.Organizational Project Management Maturity Model(OPM3) Third Edition. Newtown Square, PA: PMI. Project Management Institute. 2013.The Standard for Program Management Third Edition. Newtown Square, PA: PMI. Race P. (2010) A Practical Guide to Assessment, Learning and Teaching. Abingdon, England: Routledge. Timmins F. (2008) Making Sense of Portfolios: An Introduction to Portfolio use for Nursing Students. Glasgow, Scotland: McGraw-Hill Education.