Thinking creatively: from nursing education to practice.

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Creative thinking is a critical link in the teaching-learning process, one that enhances problem solving in nursing practice. This article describes a conceptualization of creativity based on focus groups with 12 post-RN students and two nurse educators. Inherent within the major theme, striving for balance, were three subthemes-enhancing self-esteem, working within structure, and making time for reflection (i.e., process). When participants achieved balance, both personally and professionally, they experienced increased creative energy that resulted in creative expression, subsequently displayed in educational endeavors and clinical practice (i.e., product). Strategies for fostering creativity and criteria for evaluating creativity are offered, and implications for nurse educators, managers, and practitioners are examined.

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Author/s: Kalischuk, Ruth Grant (RG); Thorpe, Karran (K);

Affiliation: School of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

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Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of continuing education in nursing (J Contin Educ Nurs), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2002 Jul-Aug; vol 33 (issue 4) : pp 155-63

Dates: Created 2002/08/15; Completed 2002/09/27; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12180769, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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