The Mission of Academic Nursing Practice: Melding Research, Education, and Clinical Care / A Vision and a Plan for Academic Nursing Practice / Norma M. Lang and Lois K. Evans -- Academic Nursing Practice: Looking Back / Joan E. Lynaugh -- Academic Nursing Practice Models and Related Strategic Issues / Juliann G. Sebastian, Marcia Stanhope, and Carolyn A. Williams, with Exemplars by Bonita Ann Pilon, Hila Richardson, and M. Dee Williams -- Strategic Planning for Academic Nursing Practice: The Consultants' View / Bert Orlov, Lois K. Evans, Norma M. Lang, and Kathryn M. Mershon, with Exemplar by Bonita Ann Pilon and Colleen Conway-Welch -- Making Academic Nursing Practice Work in Universities: Structure, Function, and Synergy / Lois K. Evans, Maureen P. McCausland, and Norma M. Lang, with Exemplars by Patricia Chiverton and Neville E. Strumpf -- Resources and Strategies for Implementing Academic Practice -- Strategies for Securing Business Expertise, Financial Support, and Visibility / Norma M. Lang, The Honorable Marjorie 0. Rendell, Jeffrey S. Levitt, Catherine R. Judge, and Susan Greenbaum, with Exemplar by Susan Greenbaum.

Infrastructure to Support Academic Nursing Practice / Beth Ann Swan, with Exemplars by Betty S. Adler, Melinda Jenkins, and Eileen Sullivan-Marx -- Clinical Information Systems in Support of Academic Practice, Research, and Education / Anne M. McGinley, Jeffrey Gilbert, Karen Dorman Marek, Norma M. Lang, and Lois K. Evans, with Exemplar by Karen Dorman Marek -- Integrating Research and Practice / Lois K. Evans, Norma M. Lang, and Barbara Medoff-Cooper, with Exemplar by Linda H. Aiken -- Establishing an Evidence Base in Academic Practice: The Role of the Clinician-Educator Faculty / Jane H. Barnsteiner, Lenore H. Kurlowicz, Terri H. Lipman, Diane L. Spatz, and Marilyn Stringer -- Community-Academic Partnerships / Margaret M. Cotroneo, Joseph Purell, Marina C. Barnett, and Danielle C. Martin -- Building Alliances: A Survival Strategy / Lois K. Evans, Joanne M. Pohl, and Nancy L. Rothman, with Exemplars by Tine Hansen-Turton and Margaret Grey -- Building a Critical Mass: The Penn Macy Initiative / Norma M. Lang, Lois K. Evans, Beth Ann Swan, and Rebecca A. Snyder Phillips.