Clinical school partnerships: the way forward in nursing education, research and clinical practice.
This paper describes the development of a partnership between a university clinical school and a sub-acute health care facility in Melbourne, Australia. A brief history of nursing education is given to provide a background for the development of this collaborative model. The paper explores the partnership, what it has achieved and continues to achieve, as well as the challenges that have been faced along the way.
Fetherstonhaugh
Deirdre
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Gerontic Nursing Clinical School, School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, 1231 Plenty Rd, Bundoora, Melbourne, VIC 3083, Australia. d.fetherstonhaugh@latrobe.edu.au
Nay
Rhonda
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Heather
Mandy
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D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D003151:Community Health Centers; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D012579:Schools, Nursing; D014739:Victoria