Ten universities, one program: successful collaboration to educate nurse practitioners.
For more than 7 years, 10 schools of nursing in Ontario have collaborated to prepare primary healthcare nurse practitioners. The authors discuss the establishment of the consortium and its benefits and drawbacks.
D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D017145:Models, Educational; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009864:Ontario; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011320:Primary Health Care; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014146:Training Support / Q000458:organization & administration