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Sustained impact of an academic-practice partnership
Patricia B Howard1, Tracy E Williams2, Sheila Melander1
1University of Kentucky College of Nursing, 751 Rose St., Lexington, KY 40536-0232, USA.
Academic-practice partnerships successfully transformed a healthcare system
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education and Practice Transformation
- Healthcare Systems Innovation
- Academic-Practice Partnerships
Background:
- Academic-practice partnerships are crucial for driving innovation and facilitating the transition of nurses into practice within healthcare systems.
- Transforming nursing workforces and care models requires strategic collaborations between academic institutions and healthcare organizations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe the impact of a public-private academic-practice partnership focused on Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) education.
- To illustrate how this partnership transformed a large healthcare system's nursing workforce and model of care.
Main Methods:
- Utilized Rogers's principles of diffusion of innovation as the conceptual framework.
- Employed a logic model to map inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes of the partnership.
- Focused on educating 95 employed nurses in a DNP program for advanced practice nursing (APN) roles.
Main Results:
- Successfully educated nurses for APN roles, disseminated scholarly work, and revised the healthcare system's research approval process.
- Achieved sustained impact, including DNP graduates advancing to leadership roles and developing new patient programs.
- Expanded continuum- and access-to-care models within the healthcare organization.
Conclusions:
- Academic-practice partnerships are effective in transforming healthcare systems and advancing nursing practice.
- Continued development of these partnerships and strategic role advancement are recommended for sustained impact.
- The DNP program significantly contributed to workforce development and improved patient care models.
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