A partnership between nursing education and practice: using an empowerment model to retain new nurses.

Full Abstract

A school of nursing and a health system in Massachusetts developed a unique partnership to create a system to attract and retain new nurses in acute care. The structure of this partnership was designed to increase the faculty of the school of nursing and add to the educational expertise in the department of staff development in the health system's major acute care hospital. The process was developed using an empowerment model. The authors describe the structure, process, and outcomes of this partnership.

Author information

Author/s: Roche, Joan P (JP); Lamoureux, Erin (E); Teehan, Timothy (T);

Affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003, USA. joan.roche(-atsign-)bhs.org

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: The Journal of nursing administration (J Nurs Adm), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2004-Jan; vol 34 (issue 1) : pp 26-32

Dates: Created 2004/01/22; Completed 2004/02/18; Revised 2006/07/24;

PMID: 14737032, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00)

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