Technology and Presentation Applications

Section 1: Project Management

Project management is a discipline in applying knowledge, skills, and experience in exploiting resources towards the realization of particular project objectives under specific constraints. The project goals are often defined by the client’s desires of the projected complete outcome. In its fulfillment, the project managers several methodologies in developing a plan that details the various schedules, milestones, tasks, and deliverables. The plan prioritizes the optimization of the allocated resources under the triple constraint (Manos & Gadlage 26). There are different types of resources, such as intellectual property, finance, personnel, and technology. The triple constraints concept details the primary limitations in projects constituting scope, cost, and time. They can be efficiently be measured by the use of technology.

There are five stages in a project cycle. It includes project planning, initiation, execution, monitoring and control, and closure. Project initiation is the first phase, which involves the justification of the need and feasibility of the project: it determines its value to the client while estimating a reasonable cost and time for completion. The stage involves the agreement by involved stakeholders on the objectives, communication chain, schedules, and deadlines. The second phase is project planning, the development of a guide on the plan’s realization. It accounts for all the and resources required. In this stage, the team’s project milestones and goals are tackled according to the client’s expectations. The project execution is supervised by the project manager, who coordinates the tasks and allocation of resources while mitigating possible risks. Project monitoring and control are performed during the execution stage. The tasks are monitored to ensure performance and quality are meet the requirement. It also analyses the project’s alignment with the time, cost, and scope initially set. The final deliverables are delivered to the client in the fifth phase, the project closure.

Section 2: SMART GOALS

Goals are projections of the effect and outcome of specific actions. Individuals set them as a clear picture of one’s expectations to motivate them towards commitment. SMART goals are essential in focusing and concentrating one’s efforts on the most convenient strategy to realize the set targets. The acronym represents five critical aspects in setting goals: Specific, Measurable, Accurate, Reasonable, and Timely (Reeves & Jack 5). The Specific factor analyses the expectations’ clarity; it ensures the objectives are well-defined and unambiguous. With the Measurable section, the concept examines how the goals can be monitored and. It defines the critical upon which elements such as progress and results can measure regarding the realization of the expectations. The third part, Achievable, analyzes the probability and possibility of outcomes. The analysis focuses on the chance of attaining the set goals. The realistic factor looks at the feasibility and relevance of the idea: is it within one’s reach, and how it counts towards one life. Last, the timely aspect details the urgency of meeting the set expectation. It comprises deadlines defined by the beginning and end date.

These factors increase the chances of achieving the set goals by understanding several elements involved, such as who, what, when, where, and why. In the question of who, the SMART goals concept details the parties involved. The what question defines the set-out task to be completed. Thirdly, the duration and set time to reach the said expectations is established by the when question. In the ‘where’ inquisition, the concept details the location for completing the task. Lastly, the why question defines the purpose of the goals set.

Section 3: Technology in Health Care

            Impact of Technology on Healthcare

Technology has had a significantly positive impact on the healthcare sector. It has increased the effectiveness of diagnosing and treating ailments by offering an agile response in managing and treating diseases and severe health conditions. Optimizing processes such as information exchange has allowed healthcare professionals to formulate timely diagnoses and solutions to numerous medical complications, easing patients’ ordeal while reducing fatalities. Technology has sparked innovations in different medical fields such as surgery, doctor consultation, medical record, and patient monitoring. These inventions have been instrumental in treating ailments, reducing the involved limitations, and increasing their efficiency.

Impact of Technology in Nursing as a Career

In nursing, technology has improved the quality of patient care. With new tools, nursing has accessibility to healthcare through higher efficacy of services and effective communication. The creation of electronic health records allows nurses to easily main the progress of the patients, increasing the accuracy in providing medical services. It eliminates the element of human error with the availability, promoting optimization of processes such as dosage measurement and disease testing. Technology such as telehealth has allowed nurses to offer their services such as patient care and consultations despite geographical constraints.

            Areas in Healthcare that Require Improvement

The integration of innovations such as robotics in the healthcare sector requires more research and improvement in patient care. In nursing, empathy is an essential element in the integration and tending to patients. However, the use of robots eliminates this factor, which can negatively influence the patient’s recovery. Moreover, there are issues such as data privacy where patient records are at risk. With information becoming a sorted-out resource, details such as patient profiles and medical history are being hacked (Weber 606). These issues poss a question of the ethics in the integration of technology in healthcare.

            How Can I Contribute towards Resolutions

I would dedicate research on and integrate technology in my practice as a nurse. I believe the shortcomings in using technology in healthcare are due to insufficient research and expertise in its application. As a practitioner, I will concentrate on understanding the use, significance, and limitations of the various innovations in the sector to best implement them.

Works Cited

Manos, Kristyn & Manos, Jenifer. “Implementation, Phases, and Project Management. Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Program & Centre Development,” pp. 25-30. DOI: 10.007/978978-3-030-46812-5_5

Reeves, Martin & Fuller, Jack. “When SMART Goals Are Not So Smart” MIT Sloan Management Review; Cambridge Vol. 59, No. 4, Summer 2018 1-5.

Weber, A. S. “Emerging Medical Ethical Issues in Healthcare and Medical Robotics.” International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, Vol. 7, No. 6, November 2018doi: 10.18178/ijmerr.7.6.604-607