title: Collaborative synergy: practice and academic partnerships in evidence-based practice.
abstract: In this department, Dr Newhouse highlights hot topics in nursing outcomes, research, and evidence-based practice relevant to the nurse administrator. The goal is to discuss the practical implications for nurse leaders in diverse healthcare settings. Content includes evidence-based projects and decision making, locating measurement tools for quality improvement and safety projects, using outcome measures to evaluate quality, practice implications of administrative research, and exemplars of projects that demonstrate innovative approaches to organizational problems. This column describes potential collaborations in evidence-based practice between clinical settings and colleges or universities.
authors.affiliation: The Johns Hopkins Hospital/Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, 525 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. rnewhou1@son.jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Robin P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Newhouse
mesh_terms: D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States