title: Educational and service partnerships: an example of global flattening.
abstract: Educational and service partnerships are not new, but many of these partnerships occurred in the same town or state in the past. Today, with the heightened use of technology, these partnerships are spanning the globe (e.g., outsourcing of services is growing, with India becoming the call center for the world). What does this global flattening trend mean for nursing education and service? How will this trend impact nursing faculty and service shortages? We explored the current global flattening and its use as a potential strategy to combat nursing workforce issues.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA. anitawfinkelman@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Finkelman
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kenner
mesh_terms: D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018961:Educational Technology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007391:International Cooperation; D009739:Nursing Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009825:Oklahoma; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D020416:Outsourced Services; D014481:United States