CREATIVE ALLIANCES BETWEEN NURSING SERVICE AND EDUCATION IN TIMES OF ECONOMIC CONSTRAINT

Health care and higher education in America are both in economic crisi s and undergoing reform. Forming collaborative relationships between h ealth care providers and nursing educational institutions is a savvy, economical, and mutually beneficial strategy in these changing times. Creative alliances between service and education are addressed in term s of clinical educational preceptorships for senior nursing students a nd joint appointments between service and education. The educational a nd service perspectives are discussed, from development to implementat ion.