Academic & Practice Partnerships: The Cycle of Nursing Education Excellence

The purpose of this Quality Improvement Project is:

•  To Promote IOM (2010) & AACN (2011) recommendations supporting establishment

of Academic and Practice partnerships • Examine benefits to all stakeholders

• Explore outcomes of successful partnerships supporting excellence in

nursing education

Partnership Model Impacts

Clinical Education Models: Traditional and Dedicated Education Units

Preceptor-Led Clinical Education: staff Nurses receive additional education as RN Clinical Adjuncts for collaborative School of Nursing

Student Externships: Role Transition

Nursing Residency Programs: Impacts to Retention and Patient Care Outcomes

Magnet Nursing Excellence: Leaders in Patient Care, Education & Research: staff Nurses return to School of Nursing for graduate nursing education as life-long learners

Process

Plan: Needs assessment: projected BSN & graduate nursing student clinicals & SON faculty needs Do: Strategic Plan: IOM-recommendations for Nurses to practice to the full extent of education Study: Analyze correlations: advanced nursing education & patient care outcomes (RWJF, 2011) Act: Establishment of formal academic and practice partnership

Outcomes

Challenges to providing quality and effective nursing student clinical education experiences

are a reality in academic nursing education (IOM, 2010).

Barriers include: • Identified lack of qualified faculty

• Increased demand for nursing education reflects perceptions of job stability in uncertain

economy

• Expanded program admission rates call for innovative methods to provide access to focused clinical education environments

The Institute of Medicine (2010) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing

(2011) have advocated for academic and practice partnerships to address today’s

professional nursing education opportunities in both the academic and patient care

environments. Best Practice: Strategic Education

Enhances Quality of nursing education experience. Stakeholders: Cost-effective faculty recruitment ; Patient care outcomes enhanced Evidence-based clinical education Promotes environment for student success Role transition readiness post-academia Professional Development: maximizes staff RN continuing education (IOM, 2010)

Implications for Practice

Background

Purpose

BSN Nursing Residents Patient Care Outcomes

Staff RN Preceptors &

Clinical Adjuncts

Nursing Students: Undergraduate

& Graduate

Clinical Practicum Experiences: Traditional and

Dedicated Education Units

Academic & Practice

Partnership Impacts to Stakeholders

Magnet Nursing Excellence

Continuing Education & Life Long Learners

Evidence-based Practice

Research

Quality Improvement