From Academic-Practice Partnership to Professional Nursing Practice Model

摘要

This study used a qualitative descriptive design to examine the role of the expert staff nurse or clinical liaison nurse (CLN) participating in a community-based academic-practice partnership. Little is known about the influence of participation by expert nurses in community hospital settings. Focus groups were conducted with nine CLNs to explicate their experiences in a unit-based leadership practice model. Eight themes were identified: Reciprocal Learning Between Staff Nurses and Students; Reciprocal Learning Between Student and Patient; Working Around the System; Building Relationships; Valuing the CLN Role; Faculty Recognition of CLNs; Transforming Practice; and a variant theme, Recognition That Some Nurses Neither Value nor Enjoy Working With Students. The benefits of developing partnerships in community hospitals can be far reaching and may be of interest to educators and leaders in the profession. When a practice environment focused on evidence and was fueled by student enthusiasm reinvigorates staff nurses, their work world suddenly transforms.