Highlighting best practices: Whether your organization has an established partnership with a school of nursing or is looking for a new partner, nursing homes and schools of nursing can forge effective, stimulating partnerships with mutual benefits.

• Effectively partnering with schools of nursing is an effort in creativity and requires work on both sides. But like all work that is worth doing—there are tremendous rewards for both partners.

Check out these expert insights from Sophie Campbell, MSN, RN, CRRN, RAC-CT, CNDLTC, the executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of Directors of Nursing Administration, who recommends:

• assessing what has and hasn’t worked in the past; 
• updating or creating new partnership structures; and 
• embracing co-design for clinical rotations.

Dive deeper on how to expand your partnerships by reading How Nursing Homes Can Revitalize Their Nursing School Partnerships (providermagazine.com, April 8, 2025)