title: Building academic capacity through statewide partnerships.
abstract: In 2008, Texas was challenged by the Center to Champion Nursing in America, an initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and AARP, to join a nationwide campaign for action to increase nursing education capacity. This article describes how one state created academic partnerships to achieve capacity building and strengthened relationships and commitments to invest in nursing education. Three year outcomes include a) the creation of a statewide team to address nursing education capacity, b) progress toward doubling the number of nursing graduates from the state's schools of nursing, c) strengthening and emphasizing retention efforts across the state, d) regionalization, including implementation of a $1 million grant and e) transitioning the statewide team to a broader focus and commitment to the Initiative on the Future of Nursing via the formation of a Regional Action Coalition.
authors.affiliation: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing, Lubbock, TX 79366, USA. alexia.green@ttuhsc.edu
authors.forename: Alexia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Mancini
authors.forename: Sondra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Flemming
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bingle
authors.forename: Clair
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: Aileen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kishi
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fowler
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sjoberg
authors.forename: Scheleen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*