Interagency collaboration: head start and a school of nursing.
Agency collaboration is gaining importance for schools of nursing as changes in health care systems focus on the community as a principal environment for health care delivery. Nursing faculty seeking settings in the community to prepare future nurses find Head Start especially interesting as a model of comprehensive care for low-income families. The skill required to develop successful collaboration between community agencies and schools of nursing is often underestimated. Polivka in a conceptual framework for community interageacy collaboration identifies factors to consider. Successful collaborative relationships require that goals be achieved, that relationships be satisfying, and that outcomes have value for all collaborators.
Scully
J
J
Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Luszcz-Brown
P
P
Birchfield
M
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational / Q000379:methods*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D014481:United States