Creating a collaborative partnership between academia and service.
This article discusses how the experience of instituting preceptored clinical experiences throughout an undergraduate baccalaureate nursing curriculum resulted in a partnership between academia and service. The collaboration between academia and service built on the strengths of each institution to reach a common goal. Integration of the preceptor clinical model is unique in that implementation occurs in the second semester of a four-semester curriculum. Advantages and disadvantages to the model for students, preceptors, and faculty are presented. Unanticipated benefits to both institutions and ideas to help other programs and facilities develop a collaborative partnership for the education of baccalaureate nursing students are provided.
Haas
Barbara K
BK
College of Nursing, The University of Texas at Tyler, 3900 University Boulevard, Tyler, TX 75799, USA. bhaas@mail.uttyl.edu
Deardorff
Kathleen U
KU
Klotz
Linda
L
Baker
Bruce
B
Coleman
Jean
J
DeWitt
Anne
A
D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D017145:Models, Educational; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D013338:Students, Nursing; D013781:Texas