Interinstitutional collaboration for nursing excellence: Part 2. Testing the model.
Two unrelated public institutions formed a partnership to foster excellence in professional nursing. The organizational structure was described in Part 1 (February 1989). This second article reports a 15-week pilot study conducted on seven hospital units to determine the degree to which the clinical nurse specialist can merge the multiple functions of professional nursing: practice, education, and research.
Baker
C M
CM
School of Nursing, Indiana University, Indianapolis.
Boyd
N J
NJ
Stasiowski
S A
SA
Simons
B J
BJ
D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000592:standards; D006761:Hospitals; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000592:standards; D010317:Partnership Practice; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014495:Universities