title: Academic practice partnerships: a national dialogue.
abstract: Academic-practice partnerships are an important mechanism to strengthen nursing practice and help nurses become well positioned to lead change and advance health. Through implementing such partnerships, both academic institutions and practice settings will formally address the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine Future of Nursing Committee. Effective partnerships will create systems for nurses to achieve educational and career advancement, prepare nurses of the future to practice and lead, provide mechanisms for lifelong learning, and provide a structure for nurse residency programs. This paper details the work of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing-American Organization of Nurse Executives Task Force on Academic-Practice Partnerships that has identified hallmarks of successful partnership and produced tools and shared exemplars to assist nursing leaders in developing and sustaining partnerships for the future.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Simmons College, Boston, MA 02115, USA. judy.beal@simmons.edu
authors.forename: Judy A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Beal
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alt-White
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.forename: Linda Q
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Everett
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fleshner
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Karshmer
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Swider
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gale
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D014481:United States