Promoting nursing's health care agenda through collaboration

Area of Science:

• Nursing Education
• Healthcare Collaboration

Background:

• The National League for Nursing (NLN) has observed a growing trend in collaboration between nursing practice and education.
• Historically, practice and education goals were often perceived as separate or conflicting.

Purpose of the Study:

• To describe the process of a nursing school and its practice settings achieving true colleagueship.
• To highlight the convergence of nursing practice and education goals.

Main Methods:

• Case study description of a nursing school and its affiliated practice settings.
• Analysis of the collaborative efforts and achieved colleagueship.

Main Results:

• The described initiative successfully fostered a collegial relationship between the nursing school and its practice settings.
• Goals of nursing practice and education are increasingly aligning.

Conclusions:

• The collaboration between nursing practice and education is a significant and growing movement.
• Achieving colleagueship is possible and beneficial for the nursing community.