Collaboration for the Promotion of Nursing: Building Partnerships for the Future

This story about successful collaborations covers the 12-year journey of nurses within central Indiana working together to promote the nursing profession. These nurses in practice and education joined forces to create Nursing 2000, a not-for-profit organization, to provide programs that address the nursing shortage and promote nursing as a profession. The book covers their activities and the impact they have made not only on the current nursing profession, but on its future as well. The authors highlight their "lessons learned" and "successes realized," allowing the reader to gain knowledge on establishing a similar organization and effectively and efficiently garnering the energies of volunteers.