Clinical Learning and Teaching Innovations in Nursing

1. Introduction
Kay Edgecombe, Margaret Bowden

2. Dedicated Education Units in Nursing: The Concept
Kay Edgecombe

3. The Dedicated Education Unit in Nursing as a Community of Practice
Laurie Grealish, Kasia Bail, Jo Gibson

4. An ‘Idea Whose Time Had Come’: The Flinders University School of Nursing Dedicated Education Unit—An Historical Perspective
Judith (Judy) Gonda

5. The Canberra Dedicated Education Unit
Kasia Bail, Donna Hodgson, Alan Merrit, Jo Gibson, Jan Taylor, Laurie Grealish

6. An American Experience: Transition to the Dedicated Education Unit Clinical Education Model
Carol Craig, Susan Randles Moscato

7. Dedicated Education Units: Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology and Canterbury District Health Board (CPIT/CDHB), New Zealand
Michelle Casey, Deborah Sims

8. Dedicated Educational Unit: A Scandinavian Model
Margaretha Ekebergh

9. Building Clinical and Academic Staff and Student Capacity in Dedicated Education Units
Kay Edgecombe, Margaret Bowden

10. Voices from the Coalface: The Impact of Dedicated Education Units in Nursing
Margaret Bowden, Anj Taylor, Vandhana Nand, Susan Randles Moscato, Jen Little-Reece, Thimitra Panteleon, Amanda Husslebee, Kylie Finlay, Paul Griffiths, Marina Boogaerts, Peter Mason, Tracey Duggan, Elaine Horn, Judith (Judy) Gonda, Ann Harrington, Kasia Bail, Sheona Watson, Cathy Andrew, Mary Gordon

11. From Conceptualisation to Future Expansion: Keys to Successful Dedicated Education Unit Implementation and Sustainability
Kay Edgecombe, Judith (Judy) Gonda, Margaret Bowden

12. Conclusion
Kay Edgecombe, Margaret Bowden

Keywords: Education, Professional & Vocational Education, Higher Education, Learning & Instruction, Lifelong Learning/Adult Education