Integration of nursing education, practice, and research through community partnerships: a case study.
Models demonstrating an evidence-based approach to the integration of nursing education, research, and practice are needed to ensure excellence in the nursing profession. Using a theoretical framework of community-engaged scholarship, this article describes a program developed by the Medical University of South Carolina's College of Nursing linking advanced practice, service learning, and applied clinical research for nurse-midwifery faculty and students, while meeting the perinatal healthcare needs of a group of underserved women. Principles of community-based partnerships and integration of scholarship and research in a clinical discipline provide a pragmatic structure to describe and facilitate replication of the program.
Francis-Baldesari
Catherine
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UK Cochrane Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom. cbaldesari@cochrane.co.uk
Williamson
Deborah C
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D002983:Clinical Competence; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009734:Nursing Faculty Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D013022:South Carolina