Nursing Reflections on Project Planning Goals

Select an experience you have had recently related to your project planning. 

The most recent experience in my project planning that I want to reflect on is defining the project goals and determining the outcomes.

Describe the experience

Looking at my recent experience during the project design and planning, I would say that I enjoyed every bit. This is because I had taken the time to read and understand the various steps of project design. The only thing I was waiting for is the implementation of the same. For instance, I had read extensively on creating project goals, which entails documenting the general project timeline and deliverables. In this step, I considered the needs of the project and the stakeholders involved. Additionally, I thought about the problem the project proposed to solve. Thereafter, I wrote a short description of the people that will be involved and the goals to be achieved.

The first goal is to educate staff on the daily physical exercise program and research findings on the benefits of exercise on depressive symptoms. Followed by empowering patients to take an active role in physical exercise by enrolling in the project. Also, assess compliance with the physical exercise intervention with weekly phone calls, patient journals, and chart audits by team members. And finally, assess the compliance of team champions with the physical exercise intervention with weekly meetings with the DNP student.

After clearly defining the goals and objectives of the project, I narrowed down the outcomes of the project. This included the specific tasks that I would complete during the project. For instance, I established that depression patients taking antidepressant medications can improve their symptoms if they combine medications with exercise, such as brisk walking. In other words, brisk walking would significantly improve depressive symptoms when combined with antidepressants.

Your evaluation of the situation

In my evaluation of the situation, the development of objectives and determination of outcomes was professionally handled. It was fun researching the problems facing my community and my place of practice. This is because the project results will bring a solution to the millions of people battling depression, which continues to worsen when taking antidepressant medications.

Your analysis of the experience

This was a good exposure to real health problems affecting people. Through this DNP project, I was able to gather information that is increasingly helpful for me in my practice. I consider this as an amazing opportunity to learn and be challenged.

Conclusions and Learning from the Experience

In conclusion, it was exciting putting into practice the various things I had learned about creating project goals and determining outcomes. With the right guidance and information, doing a DNP project is manageable. I am looking forward to subsequent sections of my DNP project. The DNP template offered a step-by-step guide on how to do everything.

Your action plan resulting from the experience

I will always use feedback from each section to learn and improve my DNP project. I will also continue to read far and wide to find the correct data for my project. APA