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    An affiliation college has a formal agreement with a larger institution to collaborate on academic policies while operating independently. Universities may affiliate with several semi-autonomous colleges. Nursing schools affiliate with other organizations to provide clinical experiences in areas like community health, psychiatry, and specialties that are not available at the parent organization. When selecting affiliating agencies, the school should consider facilities, staff, and ability to provide required learning experiences as outlined in a written agreement between the school and agency regarding student supervision, evaluations, living arrangements, and more.

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    An affiliation college has a formal agreement with a larger institution to collaborate on academic policies while operating independently. Universities may affiliate with several semi-autonomous colleges. Nursing schools affiliate with other organizations to provide clinical experiences in areas like community health, psychiatry, and specialties that are not available at the parent organization. When selecting affiliating agencies, the school should consider facilities, staff, and ability to provide required learning experiences as outlined in a written agreement between the school and agency regarding student supervision, evaluations, living arrangements, and more.

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    An affiliation college has a formal agreement with a larger institution to collaborate on academic policies while operating independently. Universities may affiliate with several semi-autonomous colleges. Nursing schools affiliate with other organizations to provide clinical experiences in areas like community health, psychiatry, and specialties that are not available at the parent organization. When selecting affiliating agencies, the school should consider facilities, staff, and ability to provide required learning experiences as outlined in a written agreement between the school and agency regarding student supervision, evaluations, living arrangements, and more.

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    AFFILIATION

    O An affiliation college ia an educational


    institution the operates independently, but
    also has a formal collaborative agreement
    with another, usually larger institution that
    may have some levels o*f*+* control or
    influence over its academic policies,
    standards or programs.
    O Universities may have one or several
    affiliated colleges, which is a union of
    federation of semi- autonomous colleges.
    AREAS FOR AFFILIATION
    O The types of experiences for which a nursing
    school can affiliate are:
    ❖ Community health nursing
    ❖ Psychiatric nursing
    ❖ Paediatric nursing
    ❖ Specialties like cardiology & neurology etc.
    Selection of affiliated agencies
    O When all the clinical areas, where a student
    nurse has to attain clinical experience are
    not available in the parent organisation,
    affiliations are sought with other sister
    organisations which can provide clinical
    facilities in particular fields like community
    health services, psychiatry services.
    O These are termed as affiliating agencies.
    The selection should be based
    on ;
    O Sound clinical field for teaching learning
    experiences
    O A written agreement between the school/
    college authorities and the
    O Affiliated agencies must be essentially part
    of the school/ college record.
    O The affiliating agency, whether it is hospital
    or community health field, must be in
    position, can provide the required
    experience for the students.
    Cont..
    O The affiliating agency must be selected carefully,
    more or less the same facilities and staff as are
    available in parent hospital.
    ➢ The affiliating agency should be willing and fully
    prepared to accept responsibilities of the
    students in terms of living arangements, welfare
    of the students, the nursing care given, the
    facilities provided, staffing, supplies and
    equipment as provided in parent hospital in
    accordance with the written agreement entered
    into by the school and the agency.
    Affiliation agreement
    1. Duration of experience as per INC syllabus
    and master plan of the school.
    2. The suitable months, when the students are to
    be posted.
    3. The number of students to be posted at one
    time.
    4. Selected wards/ units where learning
    experiences can be supervised by school
    clinical instructors.
    5. Written plan for intersectional and
    interdepartmental posting in different
    depertments/ wards.
    6) Arrangement for teaching by external lectures of the
    same hospital/ areas.
    7) Fixing the responsibility for supervision of students.
    8)Fixing learning experiences during day, evening and
    night shift, hours of duty, days off etc.
    9) Students health care arrangements if need arises.
    10) Delegation of authority for disciplinary actions.
    11) Arrangement for students residence, mess etc.
    12) Joint evaluation on prescribed clinical evaluation
    proforma by the school tutors and ward supervisors.
    13) Arrangements for transport.

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