In pursuit of excellence: a model of collaboration for nurses at Hawaii State Hospital.

Abstract

In 1989 the Hawaii Medical Journal devoted an issue to the status of mental health in Hawaii and mental health leaders in the State criticized the lack of involvement by the University of Hawaii. This paper is written in response to the challenge and will discuss a dynamic model based on collaboration between the Hawaii State Hospital (HSH) and the School of Nursing of the University of Hawaii (SoN), that was implemented in September 1990. Since the publication of Magnet Hospitals. Attraction and Retention of Professional Nurses there has been much interest by service organizations in defining the factors that build excellence.