Nurse leaders today are faced with a pressing concern to reevaluate established community resources and models for academic-practice partnerships that have been used in the preparation of new and advanced practice nurses.
Nursing reform in education and practice is not achieved as a simple series of decisions in the present moment with future direction as its object.
It is a process in which the outcome is ultimately evaluated within the context of history. Academic-practice partnerships are part of a nursing heritage that has persevered for hundreds of years.
This article is a brief synopsis of examples from the historical records that evidence the lessons learned from the experiences of nurses who have formed innovative academic-practice partnerships with religious communities, medical colleges and physicians, government, hospitals, institutions of higher learning, and nursing organizations.
2011-12-06
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Director and Chair of Nursing, College of Health and Human Services, Governors State University, University Park, IL 60484, USA. martha [at] goldenapplehealingarts.com
J Prof Nurs. ;27(6):e76-81
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