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Creating and Nurturing Academic–Service Partnerships and Educational Collaboratives
EDITORIALS
CREATING AND NURTURING ACADEMIC–SERVICE PARTNERSHIPS AND EDUCATIONAL COLLABORATIVES ELLEN OLSHANSKY, DNSC, RN, WHNP-BC, FAAN Editor [email protected]
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HE JOURNAL OF Professional Nursing is pleased to present a special online section in this issue, featuring the important topic of academic–service partnerships and educational collaboratives. Drs. Judith Beal, Susan Bakewell-Sachs, and Alexia Green coedited this special issue, bringing together nurse clinicians and academicians who have written about various experiences they have had in creating successful partnerships. We agreed that developing innovative collaborations between educational institutions and clinical settings as well as across educational institutions is most timely. With the demand for clinical sites for students increasing and the shrinking resources in education, it has become even more important for us to think strategically about how to work together to maximize resources while enhancing educational opportunities and improving healthcare resources. I applaud them for their most important contribution to our Journal! The topic of collaborative partnerships in nursing education and practice and across various institutions
is certainly not new; however, it is still deserving of attention. Nursing is both an academic and a practice discipline, and it is the intersection of our educational institutions with our clinical practice settings that provides the richest and most effective education for our students, whether they become future academicians or clinicians. We must embrace true collaboration. We emphasize evidence-based practice: To develop clinical practices based on evidence, we must embrace scholarship that includes clinical expertise and academic rigor. This is the core of academic– service partnerships. I invite you to read the articles included in this issue and to consider the areas in which they may be relevant to your own careers. These articles present important exemplars of collaborative relationships across various settings. They may inspire new ideas and new partnerships. They may also inspire questions and/or comments. Letters to the editor are always welcome.
8755-7223/11/$ - see front matter Journal of Professional Nursing, Vol 27, No. 6 (November–December), 2011: p 329 © 2011 Published by Elsevier Inc.
329 doi:10.1016/j.profnurs.2011.10.006
CREATING AND NURTURING ACADEMIC–SERVICE PARTNERSHIPS AND EDUCATIONAL COLLABORATIVES ELLEN OLSHANSKY, DNSC, RN, WHNP-BC, FAAN Editor [email protected]
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HE JOURNAL OF Professional Nursing is pleased to present a special online section in this issue, featuring the important topic of academic–service partnerships and educational collaboratives. Drs. Judith Beal, Susan Bakewell-Sachs, and Alexia Green coedited this special issue, bringing together nurse clinicians and academicians who have written about various experiences they have had in creating successful partnerships. We agreed that developing innovative collaborations between educational institutions and clinical settings as well as across educational institutions is most timely. With the demand for clinical sites for students increasing and the shrinking resources in education, it has become even more important for us to think strategically about how to work together to maximize resources while enhancing educational opportunities and improving healthcare resources. I applaud them for their most important contribution to our Journal! The topic of collaborative partnerships in nursing education and practice and across various institutions
is certainly not new; however, it is still deserving of attention. Nursing is both an academic and a practice discipline, and it is the intersection of our educational institutions with our clinical practice settings that provides the richest and most effective education for our students, whether they become future academicians or clinicians. We must embrace true collaboration. We emphasize evidence-based practice: To develop clinical practices based on evidence, we must embrace scholarship that includes clinical expertise and academic rigor. This is the core of academic– service partnerships. I invite you to read the articles included in this issue and to consider the areas in which they may be relevant to your own careers. These articles present important exemplars of collaborative relationships across various settings. They may inspire new ideas and new partnerships. They may also inspire questions and/or comments. Letters to the editor are always welcome.
8755-7223/11/$ - see front matter Journal of Professional Nursing, Vol 27, No. 6 (November–December), 2011: p 329 © 2011 Published by Elsevier Inc.
329 doi:10.1016/j.profnurs.2011.10.006