The Nurse Leader And The System Development Life Cycle

  Imagine you are a nurse director on a unit where a new nursing documentation system is to be implemented. You want to ensure that the system will be usable and acceptable for the nurses impacted. You realize you need a nurse leader, probably one with nursing informatics skills, to be on the implementation team. For this assignment, you will develop a role description for the nurse leader that you will be recruiting for this Documentation System Project Team. The role description should be based on the SDLC stages/steps and tasks and should clearly define how this individual will participate in and impact each of the following steps. Have a heading for each step and have 2-3 bullets under each heading: Planning and requirements definition Analysis Design of the new system Implementation Post-implementation support Use APA format and include a title page and reference page (thus include citations and references) Prepare Review the steps of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and reflect on the scenario presented. Consider the benefits and challenges associated with involving a nurse leader on an implementation team for health information technology.