Journal of Professional Nursing
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 97-102, March 2004

An academic-service partnership: ideas that work

  • Sara E Barger, DPA, RN (FAAN)

      Affiliations

    • Dean and Professor, Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Barger: Dean and Professor, Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama, Box 870358, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0358 USA
    • ,
  • Eula Das, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Vice President, Patient Care Services, DCH Regional Medical Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Abstract 

The current environment of a growing shortage of nurses, larger baccalaureate nursing student enrollments, and resource scarcity requires creative solutions if we are to meet the current and future needs for nurses. When a regional medical center and a state university college of nursing pool their creativity, talent, and resources, everyone wins. The partnership created by the two organizations has resulted in nine shared initiatives: (1) feedback through the performance-based development system, (2) a computerized medical record system, (3) summer internships; (4) the Leadership Initiative for Nursing Education (LINE) Institute, (5) the Helene Fuld Leadership grant, (6) the registered nurse refresher course, (7) the cooperative education program, (8) supplying clinical faculty, and (9) the nursing summer academy. Lessons learned by those in both organizations point to the importance of trust, risk-taking, and the joint responsibility of education and service for preparing the next generation of nurses for clinical practice.

Keywords:  Partnerships, Clinical agencies and academe

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PII: S8755-7223(04)00022-5

doi:10.1016/j.profnurs.2004.02.005

Journal of Professional Nursing
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 97-102, March 2004

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