A new academic-practice partnership between LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing and University Medical Center New Orleans is already achieving success in advancing nursing education and health care. The school and its major teaching hospital in New Orleans established a Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Council. The resulting synergy between nursing education and practice will not only improve the students’ educational experience but patient outcomes and overall health. The initiative and its early results are described in a paper published this month in Voices of Nursing Leadership.