Career coaching: innovative academic-practice partnership for professional development.
This article describes an academic-practice partnership that uses career coaching to support the health care system's strategic plans to increase nurses' educational level. Nurses and other employees seek coaching to explore their career path and create an educational plan to accomplish their goal. Career coaching by nursing faculty provides a unique service as they have expert knowledge of various educational programs as well as methods for achieving academic success. The academic-practice partnership is a win-win-win; the health care system achieves advancement of professional nursing practice, employees are supported to advance their education and professional nursing practice, and faculty benefit from immersion in current professional concerns and issues.
Debra L
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D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education*; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods*; D014830:Vocational Guidance / Q000379:methods*