Strengthening an academic nursing center through partnership

The expectations of two New Zealand health services of the role of Clinical Chairs in nursing and midwifery

“…The Clinical Chair positions described in this evaluation were focused on these aspects of scholarship. Previous research has indicated that enhanced scholarship stems directly from the inter-institutional collaboration, and ultimately results in increased numbers of students undertaking postgraduate education (Acorn, 1991;Ament, 2004;Budden, 1994;Fairbrother & Mathers, 2004;Humpheys, Martin, Roberts, & Ferriti, 2004;Lang & Evans, 2004;Lantz, Reed, & Lewkowitz, 1994;Ogilvie et al, 2004;Saxe et al, 2004;Tamlyn & Myrick, 1995). Such outcomes are significant for the students themselves, but equally important for both the clinical and educational agencies.…”

“…Research also indicates that students and clinical staff appreciated the clinical competence and credibility of faculty-academic staff, who not only facilitated greater linkages between theory, practice and research, but provided staff development and promoted greater understanding of the mentoring and the educational role of clinical staff (Ament, 2004;Budden, 1994;Fairbrother & Mathers, 2004;Humpheys, Martin, Roberts, & Ferriti, 2004;Lang & Evans, 2004;Lantz, Reed, & Lewkowitz, 1994). This research has highlighed that the senior staff who participated in this study also appreciated and recognised the extensive skillbase held by the Clinical Chair, and the contribution they made to the clinical learning environment.…”

Developing a Financial Framework for Academic Service Partnerships: Models of the United States and Europe

“…Although the literature describes a number of active highly structured ASPs and some indications are given that these ASPs are supported by management structures and a budgetary framework (Dluhy et al, 2007; Fielden et al, 2007; Humphreys et al, 2004; Lindamer et al, 2008; MacPhee, 2009), we did not find any detailed description on how financial frameworks of ASPs have been developed and implemented in the literature. The goal of this paper is therefore to describe the financial framework for budgetary planning of two ASPs in two different healthcare systems, that is, Switzerland and the US.…”

“…A variety of ASPs have been described in the literature and include academic practices that are owned and operated by schools of nursing. They vary in view of service setting (e.g., hospital, community health, nursing home, population health), emphasis (e.g., clinical research, translational research, education, business), and level of engagement (e.g., loose to very structured) (Cronenwett, 2004; Dluhy et al, 2007; Fielden et al, 2007; Fralic, 2004; Glazer, Ponte, Stuart‐Shor, & Cooley, 2009; Horns et al, 2007; Humphreys, Martin, Roberts, & Ferretti, 2004; Jones, Mayer, & Mandelkehr, 2009; Kushto‐Reese, Maguire, Silbert‐Flagg, Immelt, & Shaefer, 2007; Lindamer et al, 2008; McConnell, Lekan, Hebert, & Leatherwood, 2007; O’Neil & Krauel, 2004; Stanley, Hoiting, Burton, Harris, & Norman, 2007; Wethington, et al, 2007).…”

Assessing the Status of Partnerships Between Academic Institutions and Public Health Agencies

“…Although these collaborative activities are wide-ranging (emergency preparedness, 3,4 disease prevention and control, [5][6][7][8] reducing health disparities, 9 hospices, 10 minority health, 11 minority workforce recruitment, 12,13 rural health, 14,15 maternal and child health, 16 environmental health, 17,18 education, research, and service, [19][20][21][22][23] and so on), they do not provide a holistic or systems view of academic institution-public health agency (academic-agency) partnerships. Most assessments of these relationships have been conducted by public health academic institutions and primarily reflect the faculties' own reports of success, [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] as do recent assessments involving schools of nursing [36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44] and medicine. [45][46][47] Third-party evaluation is rare, and little is known of what the leaders of health agencies think about the value of these partnerships to the...…”