Keywords

academic partnership, clinical experiences, community health nursing, nursing education, transitional care

 

Authors

  1. Smith, K. Melissa DNP, ANP-BC
  2. Lutenbacher, Melanie PhD, MSN, FAAN
  3. McClure, Natasha MSN, PNP-BC

Abstract

Nurse educators need to provide students with clinical experiences that prepare them for our rapidly changing health care environments. This article describes how nurse educators used academic and clinical resources to develop a partnership between a school of nursing and clinical entity to facilitate successful transitions from hospital to home for adult heart failure and pediatric asthma patients.