Utilizing Academic –Service Partnerships to Advance the Care of Veterans

Challenges encountered in both advanced practice registered nursing (APRN) education and veteran health care include an aging workforce, limited resources, and faculty/staff shortages, which ultimately affect patient outcomes. Academic –service partnerships (ASP) address these challenges by increasing workforce capacity and engagement, promoting interprofessional collaboration and evidence-based practice, creating educational opportunities for nursing students to work with underserved populations, and offering a mechanism for re cruitment and retention.
Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: By Faculty for Faculty Source Type: research