School of Nursing receives AACN’s Exemplary Academic-Practice Partnership Award
September 23, 2024
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) awarded the University of Minnesota an Exemplary Academic-Practice Partnership Award for the Collaboratory of Collaboratories, which is a collaboration of 10 practice partners and the University of Minnesota School of Nursing.
The award is presented to nursing schools and their clinical partners to honor highly productive and model academic-practice partnerships.
The School of Nursing has 10 collaboratories, which are academic-practice partnerships aimed at improving nursing practice, education and patient outcomes. These nursing think tanks serve as an incubator for creativity and innovation and engage nursing faculty, clinicians, staff and students in shared goals and vision. The 10 collaboratories are M Health Fairview, Essentia Health, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Children’s Minnesota, Faith Community Nurse Network, PrairieCare, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota Hospital Association, Allina Health and Hennepin Healthcare.
Leadership from each of collaboratories gather quarterly to discuss best practices, coordinate goals, share education and research initiatives, and strengthen lines of communication.
“This achievement is testament to the value these partnerships bring in contributing meaningfully to the advancement of health and wellbeing of the communities we serve,” says Dean Connie White Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, FNAP. “The spirit of cooperation that exists among the leaders of these systems is remarkable and is improving health across the state of Minnesota.”
The academic-practice partnerships have resulted in joint research projects and grant-funded initiatives, meaningful clinical experiences, and additional projects that have are addressing workforce trends and advancing nursing knowledge to support of the health of all people.
The Exemplary Academic-Practice Partnership Award will be presented at the 2024 Academic Nursing Leadership Conference, taking place on Oct. 14-16, in Washington, D.C.
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