Assessing the impact of academic-practice partnerships on nursing staff

BMC Nursing

Table 1 Characteristics of partnering institutions as reported at the time of the study

Educational Institution	Type	General enrollment	# students pre VANA	VA	# Nursing school affiliations	# RNs prepared at BSN level	Proportion of total response rate (N = 314)
COHORT 1							28 %
University of Utah	Public	28,025	128	VA Salt Lake City HCS	5	205
Fairfield University	Private	~5000	321	VA Connecticut HCS	4	†
University of Florida	Public	>49,000	700	North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System	2	†
San Diego State University	Public	35,832	†	VA San Diego HCS	4	†
COHORT 2							60 %
University of South Florida	Public	1828	315	James A. Haley Veterans Hospital	5	450
Medical University of South Carolina	Public	2532	50	Ralph H. Johnson VAMC	2	122
Loyola University Chicago	Private	15,000	427	Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital	3	340
University of Detroit Mercy	Private	6000	933	Aleda E. Lutz VAMC	10	98
Saginaw Valley State University	Public	9500	320	John D. Dingell VAMC	4	56
University of Oklahoma	Public	>30,000	96	Oklahoma City VAMC	2	154
Rhode Island College	Public	9000	141	Providence VAMC	8	91
COHORT 3							12 %
University of Hawaii at Mãnoa	Public	20,169	112	VA Pacific Islands HCS	2	65
University of Alabama at Birmingham	Public	16,874	427	Birmingham VAMC	16	104

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