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Susan Corbridge, PhD, APRN, FAAN
Julibeth Lauren, PhD, APRN, CENP

Today’s unprecedented challenges in nursing and health care make academic-practice partnerships more vital than ever, requiring shared solutions that neither education nor practice can achieve alone. With a workforce shortage, increasing patient complexity, rapid technological advances and persistent health inequities, strong partnerships between schools of nursing and health systems create the foundation for practice-ready graduates, sustainable clinical learning environments and innovations that improve care delivery. AONL and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) emphasize that these partnerships are not optional — they are essential to aligning education with the realities of practice, strengthening the pipeline of nurses, and ensuring the profession is prepared to meet the needs of patients and communities today and in the future.