A call to intraprofessional alliances

In a competitive professional atmosphere, collaboration is unlikely to evol ve unless nurses create an explicit commitment to work together grounded in the bellowing requisite conditions: (I)caring as a reciprocal ethic betwee n nurses, (2) personal knowing as a mutual reflection that integrates the " knowing" of practice and teaching, and (3) social support as a form of intr aprofessional relationship. Discussion of these factors and analysis of sel ected examples from practice and academia provide the basis for the propose d model of intraprofessional alliances.