title: Project management: putting continuous quality improvement theory into practice.
abstract: A growing number of projects required by a changing national health care environment and an increased awareness of continuous quality improvement methodologies provided the impetus for the department of nursing at a 265-bed academic children's hospital to develop a standardized project management approach. The article describes how the project management process unfolded from beginning to end utilizing the plan-do-check-act cycle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Children's Memorial Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Andreoni
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bilak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bukumira
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Halfer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lynch-Stapleton
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perez
mesh_terms: D002641:Chicago; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010934:Planning Techniques; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*