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Nurse-Engineer Partnerships in Academia.
Kelly Landsman1, Karen K Giuliano
1Kelly Landsman is a biomedical engineer specializing in patient care devices, has her own health care engineering consulting firm, and also works as an operating room circulating nurse in Hudson, WI. Karen K. Giuliano is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Institute for Applied Life Sciences and the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing and is codirector of the Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation. Contact author: Kelly Landsman, klandengineering@gmail.com . The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
This article highlights nurse-engineer partnerships, showcasing academic collaborations that solve healthcare problems. These teams offer replicable models for innovation and real-time problem-solving.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Innovation
- Biomedical Engineering
- Nursing Science
Background:
- The series focuses on nurse innovators.
- This installment emphasizes nurse-engineer collaborations.
- Academia plays a key role in fostering these partnerships.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the work of engineers strengthening nurse-engineer partnerships.
- To provide working, replicable models of interdisciplinary collaboration.
- To reveal insights gained from real-time, collaborative problem-solving in healthcare.
Main Methods:
- Focus on nurse-engineer partnerships.
- Exploration of academic collaborations.
- Case examples of engineers' work.
Main Results:
- Engineers are actively forging paths to strengthen nurse-engineer partnerships.
- Experiences exemplify effective nurse-engineer teams.
- Insights into real-time collaboration for healthcare problem-solving are revealed.
Conclusions:
- Academic settings are crucial for developing nurse-engineer collaborations.
- These partnerships offer valuable, replicable models for healthcare innovation.
- Interdisciplinary teamwork yields significant insights for solving complex health issues.
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