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Ten universities, one program: successful collaboration to educate nurse practitioners.

C E Cragg1, Suzanne Doucette, Jennie Humbert

  • 1School of Nursing, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. bcragg@uottawa.ca

Nurse Educator
|September 25, 2003
PubMed
Summary

Ten Ontario nursing schools partnered for over 7 years to train primary healthcare nurse practitioners. This collaboration highlights the benefits and challenges of establishing such a consortium.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing Education
  • Healthcare Professional Training
  • Interprofessional Collaboration

Background:

  • Over seven years of collaboration between ten Ontario nursing schools.
  • Focus on preparing primary healthcare nurse practitioners.
  • Addressing the need for advanced practice nurses in primary care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To detail the establishment of a nursing education consortium.
  • To analyze the advantages and disadvantages of this collaborative model.
  • To inform future inter-institutional partnerships in nursing.

Main Methods:

  • Descriptive analysis of a multi-institutional collaboration.
  • Qualitative review of consortium establishment and operation.
  • Discussion of benefits and drawbacks based on collective experience.

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Main Results:

  • Successful establishment of a consortium involving ten nursing schools.
  • Identification of key benefits including resource sharing and curriculum standardization.
  • Recognition of drawbacks such as administrative complexities and communication challenges.

Conclusions:

  • Consortium models can effectively enhance primary healthcare nurse practitioner preparation.
  • Careful planning and management are crucial for overcoming collaborative challenges.
  • This initiative provides valuable insights for similar educational endeavors in nursing.