@article{25ed95cf1df04374b9042b71fbda5f87,
title = "Creating and sustaining academic-practice partnerships: Lessons learned",
abstract = "This article outlines how one community's academic-practice partnership evolved over time as it sought to address the community's needs for a qualified competent nursing workforce. Both organization and system changes were essential in the establishment of formal structures to address nursing workforce shortage needs. Both practice and education leaders were actively engaged in setting the strategic priorities at multiple system levels in the creation of these formal structures. We anticipate that the formation of these new formal structures will advance and sustain our academic-practice partnerships. Five key lessons were learned: (a) change is inevitable, (b) leadership matters at all levels, (c) succession planning is essential, (d) persistence toward established goals is necessary, and (e) relationships are the glue to sustain forward movement.",
keywords = "Academic, Learned, Lessons, Partnership, Practice",
author = "Eileen Breslin and Mary Stefl and Suzanne Yarbrough and Diane Frazor and Katherine Bullard and Kathy Light and Mickey Parsons and Ashley Lowe",
note = "Funding Information: This effort was made possible through the generous support of the Partners Investing in Nursing's Future (PIN) grant, a collaboration between the Northwest Health Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, intended to support involvement and leadership of local foundations in advancing the nursing profession in local communities. We discovered, through work in the past 3 years, that organizations, people, and systems change. Sustaining the work of this grant required ingenuity, flexibility, and commitment. Because people comprise the organizations and systems, we will focus primarily on the organization and system changes. We believe these changes will provide a solid foundation for future work. ",
year = "2011",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1016/j.profnurs.2011.08.008",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "27",
pages = "e33--e40",
journal = "Journal of Professional Nursing",
issn = "8755-7223",
publisher = "W.B. Saunders Ltd",
number = "6",
}