Leading Academic-Practice Partnerships in Nursing and Healthcare is a foundational evidence-based guide that provides a proven, scalable framework for building and sustaining high impact academic-practice partnerships between nursing and healthcare. Written by nursing faculty and practice leaders with more than 15 years of success in building academic-practice partnerships, this book answers critical questions, including: . Why is an academic-practice partnership important? . What are its benefits? . How do we start a partnership? . And how do we sustain one? Academic-practice partnerships lead to better patient care and population health, workforce development, evidence-based practice, and scholarly outcomes. Effective partnerships offer a way forward for the future, especially during uncertain times. This book is an indispensable resource for those interested in this important work. It presents a path to investing in a future where collaboration drives quality, equity, and innovation and where nurses can lead needed changes in their organizations and communities.