title: Faculty practice plan entrance strategy for nursing.
abstract: Nursing is a practice discipline that places great value on members of the profession who excel as providers of direct care. With health care reform, nursing faculty have unprecedented opportunities for advanced practice and are implementing entrepreneurial ventures to meet their commitments to practice. The purpose of this article is to describe a nursing faculty practice plan in conjunction with a decentralized medical school plan. The major benefits and barriers to its adoption are addressed.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Parsons
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Felton
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Chassie
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016520:Entrepreneurship; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009734:Nursing Faculty Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*