title: Collaboration: Integrating education and clinical practice: the case of La Trobe University/The Alfred Clinical School of Nursing.
abstract: A Clinical School of Nursing combines resources, opportunities and benefits for hospital and university staff as well as students. Collaboration is essential in the partnership between the two institutions and aspects will be explored in this paper, including antecedent conditions of organisational commitment, cooperation and trust, identification of costs, and a formal agreement. Collaboration itself is built on cooperative endeavour, willing participation, shared planning and decision making, a team approach, and shared responsibility and power. These attributes are readily identifiable in this exciting initiative.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Forbes
authors.forename: Rosalie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Strother
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D035502:Trust; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014739:Victoria