Exploring academic-practice partnerships in community settings: A narrative review.

PURPOSE: This narrative review explored the literature on academic-practice partnerships in community settings within prelicensure nursing education.

METHODS

A search of three databases-MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Scopus-led to the review of 12 articles exploring academic-practice partnerships in community settings within prelicensure nursing education.

RESULTS

Emergent themes encompassed components for planning, implementing, and evaluating academic-practice partnerships. Planning themes included completing community assessments, considering financial resources, and identifying guiding frameworks or models. Implementation themes included diverse nursing education and community partners and settings, academic-practice partnership initiatives, and integration of partnerships in prelicensure nursing education curricula. Lastly, evaluation themes included the exploration of a variety of measures within nursing education and practice.

CONCLUSIONS

The articles in this narrative review provide a valuable guide for planning, implementing, and evaluating current and future academic-practice partnerships in community settings within prelicensure nursing education. Enhancing innovations in nursing experiential learning is essential for supporting the transformation of nursing education and practice.