Academic-Practice Partnerships That Improved the Health of Populations

This webinar will present findings from two small evaluation grant projects and how they have demonstrated not only impacts on student learning outcomes, but also the clinical agency and their clients. The grants have also sustained or strengthened partnerships and leveraged additional resources to extend these types of experiences and practices. These grants are part of an existing academic-practice partnership that involves an academic partner together with a public/population-health focused community partner or local health department. To date, AACN has awarded twelve small grants to undergraduate nursing programs in partnership with community/public health agencies, to assess the outcomes of clinical/practice experiences.

NOTE:This webinar is open to everyone including non-members, communities of interest, practice representatives, and AACN member schools including deans, faculty, staff and students

Webinar Speakers

Danielle Walker, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Texas Christian University

Dr. Danielle Walker is an assistant professor at Texas Christian University where she teaches public health nursing practicum and a course about healthcare systems in the U.S. and around the world. Danielle is a certified nurse educator and her focus is in nursing education. Her research interests include pedagogies, clinical education, service learning, psychometrics, and health literacy.

Adrianne J. Lane, EdD, RN
Chief Nursing Administrator
Northern Kentucky University

Dr. Lane is the Chief Nursing Administrator at Northern Kentucky University. She is Chair of and Professor in the Department of Advanced Nursing Studies. She has over thirty-five years of experience as a nurse educator in doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate education. Dr. Lane’s scholarship and practice focus on increasing access to care for underserved populations. She co-founded a nurse-managed free clinic for underserved adults and a 501c3 aimed at increasing breast cancer screening and prevention in rural areas.